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The volume's publisher, Perigree Books, has done some preventive purging over the past few weeks, however. The addresses of Charles Manson, David "Son of Sam" Berkowitz, Sirhan Sirhan and Mark David Chapman are among those that have been deleted. Michael Levine, who compiled the original "Address Book" in 1980 as well as the children's edition 11 years later, told Salon Books that he hadn't realized the offending names appeared in the kids version. He supports the publisher's move: "Particularly with the current situation," he said, referring to the killings in Littleton, Colo., "I don't have any problem with that decision. "The purpose of 'The Address Book' was to allow someone to praise a hero or shake a fist at a villain," Levine continued, "I think of Susan Smith, the little girl who wrote a letter to the Soviet premier, Yuri Andropov, in 1986. She asked him why kids in both countries couldn't get along better. Andropov flew her over and she met him. Letter writing can be a powerful instrument." - - - - - - - - - - - - About the writer Sound off - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Search Salon | |||
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