Amboy Dukes and other banned works

Baker, John JMB at STRADLEY.COM
Mon Sep 8 16:20:59 UTC 2008


        Reproduce, heck, how did it go to the bathroom?

        I believe that Doctor Dolittle made the list because of
derogatory references to African and island natives.


John Baker


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From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Joel S. Berson
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 11:47 AM
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Subject: Re: Amboy Dukes and other banned works

At 9/8/2008 09:50 AM, David Bowie wrote:
>_Doctor Doolittle_ and _James and the Giant Peach_ seem odder to me,
>but they feature sometimes-explicit challenges to authority.

How did the push-me-pull-you reproduce?

Joel

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