For myself:  My initial response is to say I have not really thought all that much about this PBS series, or the reasons some books were chosen and others left out;  also, I have not really been following the series though I did see part of the opening.  I suppose AHF's omission would be related to its controversial nature in terms of depictions of race.  Does anyone happen to know if Uncle Tom's Cabin or Gone with the Wind, (to take 2 other obvious examples of "classics" that receive protest due to depictions of race) are part of the list?  Or more generally, any thoughts on the series as a whole?




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Subject: "Great" American Reads

Dear Friends:


I got this email overnight and had not really thought much about the questi=
on/issue.  Any thoughts out there??? Discuss . . . .


Subject:"Great" American Reads


Dear Dr. Bush,

I write to inquire if any Mark Twain scholars or societies have mounted a p=
rotest against PBS for omitting The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from its=
 =93Great American Read=94 programming and to volunteer my assistance if po=
ssible.
I am a former secondary school English teacher and a current Jonathan Swift=
 scholar.

Thank you.

Patrice J. Smith
Gettysburg




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