Banned Books: 2001 Resource Book
- ISBN-10
- 0838981410
- ISBN-13
- 9780838981412
- Series
- Banned Books
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 179
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- Amer Library Assn
- Author
- Robert P. Doyle
Description
This book includes lists of some of the books from 387 B.C. to the present time that have been banned or considered controversial.
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