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The dog wrote it

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Excuses given by various writers to defend accusations leveled against them for plagiarism are listed. Accidents are cited as the most common cause, but the reasons for the accidents are somewhat farfetched.

Author: McCall, Bruce
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times Book Review
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0028-7806
Year: 1999
United States, Analysis, Plagiarism

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Three centuries of the dust jacket

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A satire on the history of the book jacket from 1672 to 1855 is presented. It reports that the first dust jacket was an attempt to hide a tooled leather cover disfigured with kipper juice.

Author: McCall, Bruce
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times Book Review
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0028-7806
Year: 1998
Column, Humor and anecdotes, Book jackets

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