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From: Bklst at aol.com <Bklst>
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 10:45:55 EDT
I'm a book dealer, and was vacationing when this came up, so I might have missed the responses. Please delete if responses have already been given. I found the page odd as well, and decided that it was probably written in
'63, but publishing date was '64. After kennedy was killed, someone obviously thought the line was in poor taste, but, too late to pull the whole thing, they just had the printers strike a dark line through that sentence. Make sense? Best, Lisa Thalhimer bookLustr books http://www.abebooks.com/home/BKLST/ In a message dated 9/26/00 10:51:47 PM, slaviolt at dwave.net writes:
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 >>
Received on Mon 02 Oct 2000 09:45:55 AM CDT
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 10:45:55 EDT
I'm a book dealer, and was vacationing when this came up, so I might have missed the responses. Please delete if responses have already been given. I found the page odd as well, and decided that it was probably written in
'63, but publishing date was '64. After kennedy was killed, someone obviously thought the line was in poor taste, but, too late to pull the whole thing, they just had the printers strike a dark line through that sentence. Make sense? Best, Lisa Thalhimer bookLustr books http://www.abebooks.com/home/BKLST/ In a message dated 9/26/00 10:51:47 PM, slaviolt at dwave.net writes:
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 >>
Received on Mon 02 Oct 2000 09:45:55 AM CDT
