OT "liberty tree"

[victor steinbok]

Poplar

On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 3:21 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
>
> At 3/6/2010 02:08 PM, Robin Hamilton wrote:
>>Somewhat OT, but the first issue of Tom Paulin's collection of poems, _The
>>Liberty Tree_ (published in the UK by Faber) sported The Wrong Tree.
>>
>>Tom went ballistic, and insisted the entire run (2,000 copies) be withdrawn.
>>
>>Unfortunately, some review copies had already been sent out prior to
>>publication ...
>>
>>So if you happen to get your hands on a copy with a Christmas Tree rather
>>than the more appropriate liberty tree, you're quids in, and ought to sell
>>it to the nearest bookdealer.
>
> What did Paulin think was the Right Tree?  An elm?  (Harvard
> Yard.)  An oak?  (Hartford, Conn., but usually called the "Charter
> Oak".)  Or the one in the South End of Boston?  (Also an elm.)
>
> Joel

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