Paul Johnson has written many books. When you write books, you make mistakes.
When most scholars make mistakes, they want to correct them. Readers inform them. So, a wise scholar makes it possible for readers to contact him.
Not Paul Johnson. He is a great historian. But his website, www.PaulJohnsonArchives.org, has no “Contact Me” option — not even for corrections, such as the following, some of which are in the category of “How could I possibly have written that?”
History of the American People
p. 79 final paragraph, first line
1679
to
1676
p. 82, line 13
astronomy
to
alchemy
p. 116,
Revelations
to
Revelation
p. 152
George iii
to
George III
p. 171
Samuel Wilberforce
to
William Wilberforce
p. 176
Yorkstown
to
Yorktown
p. 177
George Washington rode from Philadelphia to Mt Vernon — 152 miles — overnight.
p. 213
dept per capita
to
debt per capita
p. 233
Philadelphia was “the biggest city in the entire New World”
Philadelphia in 1790: 28,000
Mexico City in 1793: over 110,000
p. 267
Dolly
to
Dolley
p. 477
bri- gades
to
brigades
p. 513
population growth of 25% per year
to
2.5% [maybe]
p. 527
cattle drives of 4,000 miles
p. 528
Wild Bill Hickock
to
Hickok
He died in 1876, and therefore did not appear in Buffalo Bill Cody’s wild west shows, begun in 1883.
p. 545
did for Daniel Drew
to
did in Daniel Drew
p. 557
David A. Well
to
David A. Wells
p. 669
Pars
to
Paris
p. 705
1925 (The Jazz Singer)
to
1927
p. 706 [jazz]
Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey
to
Bennie Goodman and Tommy Dorsey
[trust me]
p. 747
A. L. Smith
to
Al Smith
p. 780 [Midway]
June 3
to
June 4-5
p. 781
Parmenente
to
Permanente
p. 893
black Muslim
to
Black Muslim
p. 986, note 43
H. V. Faulkner
to
H. U. Faulkner
p. 1000, note 77
Lrom
to
Leon
p. 1033
footnote #1
(New York, 1963)
to
(Princeton, 1963)
Footnote #4
Harriss
to
Harris
Maybe he will find these on a Google search. Or his editor will. Or his webmaster will. Someone. I hope.
