[bksvol-discuss] Re: inaccuracy in a history
- From: "Kenneth Cross" <crossk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 21:23:42 -0400
The question for us is not whether the information is accurate; rather, it is
whether the book's text is presented properly. Our function is to report what
is there, without respect to its accuracy. Otherwise, what we get is the truth
as a given reporter sees it.
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From: Kasondra Payne
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 1:44 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] inaccuracy in a history
I have been working on the Routledge Historical Atlas of Religion in America,
and I have a weird situation. The book was scanned very well, at it appears
that the text is complete. However, I found some factual inaccuracies in one
chapter of this book. Now I don’t want to spur religious attacks, but it is
very important to get the story straight. This wasn’t a case of misspelling a
name. The authors inaccurately represented an event and individuals involved.
Now, I don’t know everything about all religions, but this makes me wonder if
there are other inaccuracies that I wouldn’t know about. I have never seen
this as a reason to reject a book, but as I said when it comes to something
that is supposed to be a history, the story must be right. Any recommendations?
Kasondra Payne
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