The day they wanted to arrest the book
The day they wanted to arrest the book (original title The Day They Came to Arrest the Book ) is a novel by the American journalist and historian Nat Hentoff (1925-2017), which was first published in 1982. The book was filmed for television in the USA in 1987 under the same title. The novel deals with the question of how the protection of minors, artistic freedom and education can be reconciled.
content
A discussion arises at George Mason High School about whether the book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an appropriate school reading. A small but noisy group of students and parents believe that the book is racist, sexist and immoral and should therefore be removed from the school library or the curriculum.
Barney Roth is the editor of the school newspaper. He disagrees and writes a story in the school newspaper about previous cases of censorship at his school. On the part of those in favor of removing the book from the curriculum, Kate is likeable.
expenditure
- The Day They Came to Arrest the Book. Delacorte Press, New York, 1982, ISBN 0-440-91814-6 .
- The Day They Came to Arrest the Book. Puffin, Harmondsworth 1987, ISBN 0-14-032138-1 .
Web links
- The day on which they arrest the book wanted in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ The Day They Came to Arrest the Book. CBS Schoolbreak Special in 1987, written by Melvin Van Peebles and produced by Ruby-Spears Productions Inc.