Posted by Colin Turner on August 25, 2003 at 00:20:43 from 195.92.67.67 user colinturner.
In Reply to: Re: Censorship posted by Ed Kiser on August 24, 2003 at 22:53:44:
I nearly started with "This book should be compulsory reading for every school librarian..." then realised I was being as authoritarian as the people it criticises. So...
For an excellent treatment, written for a teenage audience, of American attitudes to "Huckleberry Finn" I can recommend "The Day they came to Arrest the Book" by Nat Hentoff.
I didn't know it had been made into a film, but the attached links should take you to a couple of succinct summaries.
Warning to British readers: This book may reinforce any prejudices you may have about Americans being unable to recognise irony.