Re: banning catchers

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I used to live in Hanover, NH, and when I went back there for a visit last 
month the whole state with abuzz with the news that NH public schools have 
just decided to ban Maya Angelou's _I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings_. So if 
anyone out there is looking for a good read...

BE


>From: Bernd.Wahlbrinck@t-online.de (Bernd Wahlbrinck)
>Reply-To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu
>To: BANANA <bananafish@lists.nyu.edu>
>Subject: banning catchers
>Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 11:01:20 +0100
>
>FROM: Bernd Wahlbrinck  18.06.1999  10:17:48 MET  GERMANY
>bernd.wahlbrinck@t-online.de
>_________________________________________________________
>i teach english here in germany, and i joined this list a couple of
>weeks ago. whenever i talk about the catcher in class, the aspect of
>banning books comes up. so i was wondering whether any of you know of
>recent examples in the USA (or elsewhere?) where the catcher and/or
>huck finn or other books were banned?
>Bernie
>_____________________________________________________________
>Incidentally: Why not take a trip to my website:
>THE CATCHER IN THE RYE BY J.D. SALINGER - AND RELATED MATTERS
>URL: http://mitglied.tripod.de/BerndWahlbrinck/index.htm
>
>


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