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050 00 $aE169.Z83$bD43 2010
082 00 $a302.2/244$222
100 1 $aDeck, Jeff.
245 14 $aThe great typo hunt :$btwo friends changing the world, one correction at a time /$cJeff Deck and Benjamin D. Herson.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bCrown Publishers,$cc2010.
300 $ax, 269 p. :$bill. ;$c22 cm.
500 $aIn subtitle, the word 'corrrection' appears with one 'r' crossed out.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [259]-263).
505 0 $aHow to change the world : June 8-10, 2007 (Hanover, NH) -- Allies : June 2007-February 2008 (Somerville, MA) -- First hunt : February 23-March 4, 2008 (Somerville and Boston, MA) -- Benjamin joins the party : March 9, 2008 (Rockville, MD) -- Maladies : March 11-12, 2008 (Kill Devil hills, NC, to Myrtle Beach, SC) -- Beneath the surface : March 15-16, 2008 (Atlanta, GA) -- Fear and retail : March 17-18, 2008 (Mobile, AL, to New Orleans, LA) -- Davy Jones isn't a Biblical figure : March 20, 2008 (Lafayette, LA, to Galveston, TX) -- Typos aren't charming : March 26-27, 2008 (Santa Fe, NM, to Flagstaff, AZ) -- Over the edge : March 28, 2008 (Grand Canyon, AZ) -- Pressed : April 2-10, 2008 (Los Angeles, CA, to San Francisco, CA) -- You got a friend : April 12-17, 2008 (San Francisco, CA, to Vancouver, BC) -- Run-time errors : April 22-25, 2008 (Cataldo, ID, to Rapid City, SD) -- The epic chapter wherein heroes battle and the scenery flashes past : April 27-May 1, 2008 (Minneapolis, MN; Madison, WI; Chicago, IL; Bloomington, IN; Cincinnati, OH; Newport, KY) -- Why Hudson can't read : May 2-6, 2008 (Athens, OH, to Cleveland, OH) -- How do you deal? : May 11-16, 2008 (Albany, NY, to Manchester, NH) -- The welcome-back committee : May 17-22, 2008 (Somerville, MA) -- Court of opinion : August 10-12, 2008 and the days that followed (Dallas-Fort Worth, TX; Phoenix and Flagstaff, AZ) -- A place for starting things : September 13-15, 2009 (divers locations in and offshore from the Boston, MA, area) -- Appendix. A field guide to typo avoidance.
520 $aAn account of the authors' haphazard cross-country effort to correct spelling and punctuation errors displayed on public signs relates how they discovered underlying truths about America's educational history and racial heritage.
651 0 $aUnited States$xDescription and travel.
600 10 $aDeck, Jeff$xTravel$zUnited States.
600 10 $aHerson, Benjamin D.$xTravel$zUnited States.
650 0 $aEditors$xTravel$zUnited States.
650 0 $aSpelling errors$xSocial aspects$zUnited States.
650 0 $aPunctuation$xSocial aspects$zUnited States.
650 0 $aSigns and signboards$zUnited States.
650 0 $aWritten communication$zUnited States.
651 0 $aUnited States$xSocial life and customs$y1971-
650 0 $aNational characteristics, American.
700 1 $aHerson, Benjamin D.