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Benjamin D. Herson

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Books by Benjamin D. Herson

The Great Typo Hunt

For several months, two young men journeyed out on a quest to right the wrongs of poor punctuation. Equipped with permanent markers, correction fluids, and other tools necessary for the eradication of errant commas and misplaced apostrophes, they circumnavigated America, blogging as they transformed souvinier into souvenir, it's to its.
     The typos led them to unexpected conclusions and unforeseen destinations, to everything from trying to correct neon on the Vegas strip to federal agent scrutiny. Those misspelled words and mislaid apostrophes opened them up to a world that begged a closer look--at questions about the makings of America, about education, racism, history, and human connection.

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