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Re: an obvious nonfiction book goof - THIS is why research is important!
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From: b <peghowell_at_aol.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 08:52:18 -0400
Have you all seen the recent mistake in the Virginia textbook about black soldiers in the Southern army? How true about shoddy research.
Peggy
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From: Meghan McCarthy To: ccbc-net_at_lists.wisc.edu Sent: Wed, Oct 20, 2010 12:37 pm Subject:
an obvious nonfiction book goof - THIS is why research is important!
On the topic of researching nonfiction -- I was reading some children's bo oks yesterday in preparation for my own and I read one that listed Edison as inventing the light bulb. Eeek! This is such an easy thing to check I could not believe the book listed the information as such. THIS is why I feel the need to write another book on the matter, but that's another top ic. And this book was published by a retail bookstore publisher (make of this what you will). Really though, this is scary when a book gets someth ing so simple like that so wrong!
meghan
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 08:52:18 -0400
Have you all seen the recent mistake in the Virginia textbook about black soldiers in the Southern army? How true about shoddy research.
Peggy
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From: Meghan McCarthy To: ccbc-net_at_lists.wisc.edu Sent: Wed, Oct 20, 2010 12:37 pm Subject:
an obvious nonfiction book goof - THIS is why research is important!
On the topic of researching nonfiction -- I was reading some children's bo oks yesterday in preparation for my own and I read one that listed Edison as inventing the light bulb. Eeek! This is such an easy thing to check I could not believe the book listed the information as such. THIS is why I feel the need to write another book on the matter, but that's another top ic. And this book was published by a retail bookstore publisher (make of this what you will). Really though, this is scary when a book gets someth ing so simple like that so wrong!
meghan
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