The Great Typo Hunt : Two Friends Changing the World, One Correction at a Time
DECK, Jeff; HERSON, Benjamin D.
Language: English
Published by Crown Publishing Group, Westminster, MD, U.S.A., 2010
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Seller: Antiquarius Booksellers, Falkland, BC, CanadaAntiquarius Booksellers
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An account of the authors' haphazard cross-country effort to correct spelling and punctuation errors displayed on public signs relates how they discovered underlying truths about America's educational history and racial heritage. x, 269 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. Bright, clean, unmarked interior. Tight, square binding. Similar, unclipped dustjacket. Weight, 419g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Title
- The Great Typo Hunt : Two Friends Changing the World, One Correction at a Time
- Author
- DECK, Jeff; HERSON, Benjamin D.
- Publisher
- Crown Publishing Group, Westminster, MD, U.S.A.
- Publication year
- 2010
- Condition
- VG+
- Dust jacket
- VG+
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Cloth
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0307591077
- ISBN 13
- 9780307591074
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- Seller catalogs
- Language & Languages, Travel, Exploration & Voyages
The world needed a hero, but how would an editor with no off-switch answer the call? For Jeff Deck, the writing was literally on the wall: “NO TRESSPASSING.” In that moment, his greater purpose became clear. Dark hordes of typos had descended upon civilization… and only he could wield the marker to defeat them.
Recruiting his friend Benjamin and other valiant companions, he created the Typo Eradication Advancement League (TEAL). Armed with markers, chalk, and correction fluid, they circumnavigated America, righting the glaring errors displayed in grocery stores, museums, malls, restaurants, mini-golf courses, beaches, and even a national park. Jeff and Benjamin championed the cause of clear communication, blogging about their adventures transforming horor into horror, it’s into its, and coconunut into coconut.
But at the Grand Canyon, they took one correction too far: fixing the bad grammar in a fake Native American watchtower. The government charged them with defacing federal property and summoned them to court—with a typo-ridden complaint that claimed that they had violated “criminal statues.” Now the press turned these paragons of punctuation into “grammar vigilantes,” airing errors about their errant errand..
The radiant dream of TEAL would not fade, though. Beneath all those misspelled words and mislaid apostrophes, Jeff and Benjamin unearthed deeper dilemmas about education, race, history, and how we communicate. Ultimately their typo-hunting journey tells a larger story not just of proper punctuation but of the power of language and literacy—and the importance of always taking a second look.
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About the Author
BENJAMIN D. HERSON has been a bookseller for the past eight years. His short stories have appeared in Dan River Anthology and Down in the Dirt.
They are the somewhat fearless leaders of the Typo Eradication Advancement League (TEAL).
Visit www.GreatTypoHunt.com.
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