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About the Book

The signs of the times are missing apostrophes. The world needed a hero, but how would an editor with no off-switch answer the call? For Jeff Deck, the writing was literally on the wall: "NO TRESSPASSING." In that moment, his greater purpose became clear. Dark hordes of typos had descended upon civilization... and only he could wield the marker to defeat them. Recruiting his friend Benjamin and other valiant companions, he created the Typo Eradication Advancement League (TEAL). Armed with markers, chalk, and correction fluid, they circumnavigated America, righting the glaring errors displayed in grocery stores, museums, malls, restaurants, mini-golf courses, beaches, and even a national park. Jeff and Benjamin championed the cause of clear communication, blogging about their adventures transforming "horor" into "horror," "it's" into "its," and "coconunut" into "coconut." But at the Grand Canyon, they took one correction too far: fixing the bad grammar in a fake Native American watchtower. The government charged them with defacing federal property and summoned them to court--with a typo-ridden complaint that claimed that they had violated "criminal statues." Now the press turned these paragons of punctuation into "grammar vigilantes," airing errors about their errant errand.. The radiant dream of TEAL would not fade, though. Beneath all those misspelled words and mislaid apostrophes, Jeff and Benjamin unearthed deeper dilemmas about education, race, history, and how we communicate. Ultimately their typo-hunting journey tells a larger story not just of proper punctuation but of the power of language and literacy--and the importance of always taking a second look.

About the Author :
JEFF DECKserved as an associate editor for "Rocks & Minerals "magazine and his short stories have appeared in "The Furnace Review "and "Boston Literary Magazine." He won two spelling bees in junior high. BENJAMIN D. HERSONhas been a bookseller for the past eight years. His short stories have appeared in "Dan River Anthology "and "Down in the Dirt." They are the somewhat fearless leaders of the Typo Eradication Advancement League (TEAL). Visit www.GreatTypoHunt.com.

Review :
Indie Next List, "Great Reads from Booksellers You Trust," August 2010 "Boston Globe" Bestseller "[THE GREAT TYPO HUNT], where editor meets road trip, is entertaining, informative, and thought-provoking, and one that any lover of language, travel -- or both -- will probably enjoy." --"The Boston Globe ""[A]n illuminating hybrid of travelogue, English usage textbook and sociological experiment." --"Washington Post " "[C]omplete with breezy writing, mock superhero prologues, and a serious mission to return phonics and proofreading to places of honor." --"Christian Science Monitor" "Part classic road-trip narrative, buddy-love saga and state-of-the-nation survey, it's also an adventure thriller for grammar fiends, travel porn for copy editors and other enforcers of linguistic propriety." --"Philadelphia Inquirer" "Deck and Herson show the reader that adventures in language needn't be limited to the computer screen or printed page. In their view, the real excitement's out there on the open road, and they want you to share it." "--Richmond Times-Dispatch " "[B]reezy and fun....most interesting when it delves into issues of class and race...and in its discussion of the plasticity of the English language." --Salon.com "This pair of kooks, with their high standards and principled civil disobedience, give me hope for the future of humanity." --Steven Pinker, Harvard College professor, Harvard University, and author of "The Language Instinct" and "The Stuff of Thought" "A compelling read! Deck and Herson have brilliantly combined the exploratory curiosity of the travel writer, the human interest of the story-teller, and the explanatory detail of the language specialist into an original, humorous, and engaging narrative. Anyone interested in language standards, attitudes, and education should read this enticing book." --David Crystal, author of "Just a Phrase I'm Going Through "and" By Ho


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780307591074
  • Publisher: Random House USA Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House Inc
  • Height: 210 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Width: 140 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0307591077
  • Publisher Date: 03 Aug 2010
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Two Friends Changing the World, One Correction at a Time


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