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From: Datawave <slaviolt>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 02:33:24 +0000
I am sorry if this message goes through twice. I wasn't sure I sent it to the right address the first time around. Sue La Violette
X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 02:12:51 +0000 From: Datawave X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Win95; I) X?cept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Subscribers of ccbc-net Subject: Jonathan Visits the White House
Hi! I have been avoiding my e-mail from ccb-net in regards to the fourth Harry Potter book because I haven't had a chance to read it yet and don't want to know what happens. I would like to change the subject for a few minutes and don't know if it is proper of me to do so. This is the first time writing responding to CCB-net. If I am not doing this correctly just let me know. Because the presidential election is coming up I have been pulling books on presidents, voting, elections, etc. for the teachers at my elementary school. There is a book on my shelves that I came across two years ago and it has been bothering me ever since. The book is called Jonathan Visits the White House by Peter Benchley. If any of you have it on your shelves or can get a copy let me know if page 28 strikes you as odd. I originally read this book sitting on the floor in the library and the lighting is very good. When I got to page 28 the light was hitting it at an odd angle because I could see words printed underneath the black printed desk top. The story is about a little boy who gets lost in the white house because he is chasing his dog. He accidentally meets the president at that time (John F. Kennedy). On page 28 the president tells the little boy, "Now we'd better get you back to your mother, or we'll both be in trouble." Then the black line of the desk top comes in and covers up the original text which goes on to say. "I cause the Secret Service men enough worry as it is." This is the first time I have seen anything like this. At first I thought it was magic marker and some librarian/media specialist decided to edit the edition for themselves. However the black ink is not marker and had to have been done at the time of printing. The copyright date is 1964 and Lady Bird Johnson wrote a letter to "the Children of America" in the front of the book. Does anyone else know about this? What do you think? I am not trying to start a controversy or say there is a conspiracy. I've just never run across anything like this before. I am not sure what I should do as media specialist, but the book will remain on my shelf as long as I am around. Sue La Violette
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Received on Tue 26 Sep 2000 09:33:24 PM CDT
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 02:33:24 +0000
I am sorry if this message goes through twice. I wasn't sure I sent it to the right address the first time around. Sue La Violette
X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 02:12:51 +0000 From: Datawave X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Win95; I) X?cept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Subscribers of ccbc-net Subject: Jonathan Visits the White House
Hi! I have been avoiding my e-mail from ccb-net in regards to the fourth Harry Potter book because I haven't had a chance to read it yet and don't want to know what happens. I would like to change the subject for a few minutes and don't know if it is proper of me to do so. This is the first time writing responding to CCB-net. If I am not doing this correctly just let me know. Because the presidential election is coming up I have been pulling books on presidents, voting, elections, etc. for the teachers at my elementary school. There is a book on my shelves that I came across two years ago and it has been bothering me ever since. The book is called Jonathan Visits the White House by Peter Benchley. If any of you have it on your shelves or can get a copy let me know if page 28 strikes you as odd. I originally read this book sitting on the floor in the library and the lighting is very good. When I got to page 28 the light was hitting it at an odd angle because I could see words printed underneath the black printed desk top. The story is about a little boy who gets lost in the white house because he is chasing his dog. He accidentally meets the president at that time (John F. Kennedy). On page 28 the president tells the little boy, "Now we'd better get you back to your mother, or we'll both be in trouble." Then the black line of the desk top comes in and covers up the original text which goes on to say. "I cause the Secret Service men enough worry as it is." This is the first time I have seen anything like this. At first I thought it was magic marker and some librarian/media specialist decided to edit the edition for themselves. However the black ink is not marker and had to have been done at the time of printing. The copyright date is 1964 and Lady Bird Johnson wrote a letter to "the Children of America" in the front of the book. Does anyone else know about this? What do you think? I am not trying to start a controversy or say there is a conspiracy. I've just never run across anything like this before. I am not sure what I should do as media specialist, but the book will remain on my shelf as long as I am around. Sue La Violette
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Received on Tue 26 Sep 2000 09:33:24 PM CDT
