Monday, September 8, 2008

List of books Palin wanted banned--wow!

From Shakespeare to Huxley...92 in all... see entire list--it'll blow yer mind.

yet another isolated, narrow minded Alaskan broad!
Books (then) Mayor Sarah Palin tried to remove from Wasilla library. When the librarian refused to ban the books, Palin tried to get her fired. This information is taken from the official minutes of the Wasilla Library Board.
  • A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
  • A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
  • Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden
  • As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
  • Blubber by Judy Blume
  • Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
  • Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
  • Canterbury Tales by Chaucer
  • Carrie by Stephen King
  • Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
  • Christine by Stephen King
  • Confessions by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • Cujo by Stephen King
  • Daddy's Roommate by Michael Willhoite
  • Decameron by Boccaccio
  • The Living Bible by William C. Bower
  • To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  • Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
  • Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary by the Merriam-Webster
  • The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
  • The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
  • The Color Purple by Alice Walker
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