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Barcode30293102363285
LocationClark County
Call No025.213 Ayco
TitleJust plain filthy : the story behind book banning's trial of the century / Anthony Aycock.
AuthorAycock, Anthony, 1973- author.
CollectionNF
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LocationBarcodeCall NoCreated OnIssue NameCirc StatusTemp Loc
Clark County30293102363285025.213 Ayco7/14/2026 AvailableClark County

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9798216196471 (hardcover)
Personal Name Aycock, Anthony, 1973- author.
Title Statement Just plain filthy : the story behind book banning's trial of the century / Anthony Aycock.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York : Bloomsbury Libraries Unlimited, 2026.
Physical Description 207 pages ; 25 cm.
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary, Etc. "In 1975, the school board members of a small Long Island town did what they thought was a no-brainer: they ordered the removal of nine books from a high school library. The books included some classics -- Richard Wright's Black Boy; Desmond Morris's The Naked Ape; Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five -- but that didn't matter to board chair Richard Ahrens, who called the collection "anti-American, anti-Christian, anti-Semitic, and just plain filthy." Maybe he thought the town was with him. Maybe he thought nobody would care. He certainly didn't think he would be sued by seventeen-year-old Steven Pico or that the case would end up before the United States Supreme Court, the first and only book ban dispute ever to do so. The only one so far. Recent years have seen a surge in book challenges, and it is only a matter of time before another reaches the high court. Island Trees v. Pico ended in a loss for the school board, but not a resounding one. It left enough daylight for the current justices to reach a different conclusion. What was the court's ruling? How did it come about? What was the book ban climate in the 1970s and 80s, and how did it differ from today's? Just Plain Filthy is the first book to tell the complete story of Island Trees v. Pico, the flawed yet fascinating case that is the cornerstone of intellectual freedom in America. For now"-- Back cover.
Subject-Personal Name Pico, Steven A. Trials, litigation, etc.
Subject-Corporate Name Island Trees Public Schools (Levittown, N.Y.) Trials, litigation, etc.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Intellectual freedom United States.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Challenged books History 20th century. United States
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Libraries Censorship History 20th century. United States

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