This site mention a few occurences of actual book burning :
Ulysses, by James Joyce - Burned in the U.S. (1918), Ireland (1922), Canada (1922), England (1923) and banned in England (1929).
Slaughterhouse Five, by Kurt Vonnegut - Challenged in many communities, but burned in Drake, ND (1973).
The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien - Burned in Alamagordo, NM (2001) outside Christ Community Church along with other Tolkien novels as satanic.
The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck - Burned by the East St. Louis, IL Public Library (1939) and barred from the Buffalo, NY Public Library (1939) on the grounds that "vulgar words" were used.
Ulysses, by James Joyce - Burned in the U.S. (1918), Ireland (1922), Canada (1922), England (1923) and banned in England (1929).
Slaughterhouse Five, by Kurt Vonnegut - Challenged in many communities, but burned in Drake, ND (1973).
The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien - Burned in Alamagordo, NM (2001) outside Christ Community Church along with other Tolkien novels as satanic.
The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck - Burned by the East St. Louis, IL Public Library (1939) and barred from the Buffalo, NY Public Library (1939) on the grounds that "vulgar words" were used.
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Date: 2014-04-19 02:51 am (UTC)