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| !! | Fix confirmed against other sources |
| ! | Unconfirmed, but 95% sure of fix |
| ? | Unconfirmed, not sure of fix, might not be a problem |
| ?? | Unconfirmed, less chance it is a problem |
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| Introduction to Part 1 | |||
| 19/4/1 | We included several Coyote stories | {The anthology contains exactly one Coyote story, ``Coyote Cooks His Daughter''.} | ?? |
| The Soul's Journey to Similaqsa (Chumash) | |||
| 64/1/13 | Maria heard that... | {Maria is not identified on first mention, but identified on second mention. Probably should be other way around.} | ? |
| 65/2/3 | Maria [the teller] knows... | ||
| Introduction to Part 2 | |||
| 74/4/9 | Sierra Nevada (1872 ) | Sierra Nevada (1872) | !! |
| Jedidiah Smith, "The Trapper and the Padre" | |||
| 102/0/8 | principally of meats, and an abundance | principally of meats. and an abundance {Period instead of comma -- honest!} | !! |
| Richard Henry Dana, "Haole and Kanaka" | |||
| 108/1/12 | for a carpet; stopped up | for a carpet, stopped up | !! |
| 109/6/1-2 | then Kanaka work plenty:'' | then Kanaka work plenty.'' | !! |
| 110/1/12 | in solitary grandeur; eating and sleeping alone, (and | in solitary grandeur, eating and sleeping alone (and | !! |
| 111/1/4 | ``I'll be good friends with you''; | ``I'll be good friends with you,'' | !! |
| Lansford Hastings, Emigrant's Guide | |||
| 121/1/4 | some conception, of which, | some conception of which, | !! |
| Edwin Bryant, "The California Battalion" | |||
| 132/0/12 | manzanita, (in bloom), | manzanita, (in bloom,) | !! |
| Bayard Taylor, "San Francisco..." | |||
| 142/1/10 | Fresh beef, bread, potatoes. and | Fresh beef, bread, potatoes, and | !! |
| 147/1/8 | racking labor on hand. | racking labor on land. | !! |
| [Dame Shirley], "A Trip into the Mines" | |||
| 149/0/3 | the coup d`oeuil | the coup d'oeil | !! |
| 149/1/12 | ''mica,'' | ``mica,'' | !! |
| T'tcetsa, "Lucy's Story" | |||
| 175/7/7 | ``Tomorrow, 'other white man | ``Tomorrow, 'nother white man | !! |
| 175/12/3 | cause think `bout | cause think 'bout | !! |
| 176/2/1 | there. Next. morning | there. Next morning | !! |
| Clarence King, "Mount Shasta" | |||
| The word cañon is intermittently italicized. In the original, it is never italicized. Example occurrence: 184/2/4. | !! | ||
| 185/0/5 | with the impression of the mountain | with the impression of the mountain {italic in original} |
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| 189/3/4 | the first débris slopes | the first débris slopes {italic in original} |
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| Mark Twain, "The Celebrated..." | |||
| 207/3/11 | and take ary side | and take any side | !! |
| Bret Harte, "The Outcasts..." | |||
| 216/2/3 | ``likely it`s me.'' | ``likely it's me.'' | !! |
| 224/5/3 | can you pray ?`` | can you pray?'' | !! |
| Helen Hunt Jackson, from Ramona | |||
| 270/1/8 | verdure and bloom,--- myriads | verdure and bloom,---myriads {no space after dash} |
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| Josiah Royce, from California: ... | |||
| 282/2/3 | on the whole, there was struggle; | on the whole, there was no struggle; | !! |
| 282/2/4 | on the whole there was no order. | on the whole, there was no order. | !! |
| 283/0/7 | who happened to be intent gambled, | who happened to be present gambled, | !! |
| 283/0/12 | can be judged by read-the conflicting | can be judged by reading the conflicting | !! |
| 283/1/11 | and do a work as he may, | and do a man's work as he may, | !! |
| 285/0/2 | time should come far showing true manhood, | time should come for showing true manhood, | !! |
| 285/0/10 | very accidents of the majesty | very accidents of daily life, the majesty | !! |
| Mary Hallock Foote, "How the Pump Stopped..." | |||
| 291/7/3 | `Tis all as still | 'Tis all as still | !! |
| 292/2/1 | `Tis all nothin' | `` 'Tis all nothin' | !! |
| John Muir, from The Mountains of California | |||
| 301/2/5 | Every gravel-and boulder-bed | Every gravel- and boulder-bed {add space after hyphen} |
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| 301/2/6 | shovel, once, wielded | shovel, once wielded | !! |
| 302/1/7 | the best shade-frees, | the best shade-trees, | !! |
| 302/1/7 | with drooping wings and hills | with drooping wings and bills | !! |
| 302/1/17 | withered wisps of bay, | withered wisps of hay, | !! |
| 303/1/3 | of tremendous depth end | of tremendous depth and | !! |
| Gertrude Atherton, from The Californians | |||
| 312/6/1 | ``What---what---`` | ``What---what---'' | !! |
| 312/8/1 | What possessed you---`` | What possessed you---'' | !! |
| 312/9/2 | she said coaxingly . | she said coaxingly. | !! |
| 313/12/2 | 'Léna, we`re going down Fourth | 'Léna, we're going down Fourth | !! |
| 316/3/1 | ``Git on! Git on !'' | ``Git on! Git on!'' | !! |
| [Sui Sin Far], from Mrs. Spring Fragrance | |||
| 321/0/13 | lines. ``The Land of the Free'' is | lines. ``In the Land of the Free'' is {The name of the story is ``In the Land of the Free.'' |
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| 322/14/1 | returned Horn Hing. | returned Hom Hing. {HoM, not HoRN} |
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| 322/20/1 | exclaimed Horn Hing. | exclaimed Hom Hing. | !! |
| 322/22/1 | Hing,'' he is my son. | Hing, ``he is my son.'' | !! |
| 323/2/1 | reiterated Horn Hing, | reiterated Hom Hing, | !! |
| 323/2/11 | and my son was my son. | and my son was my son.'' | !! |
| Yone Noguchi, "Some Stories of My Western Life", etc. | |||
| 332/3/11 | Prof. G------I got a job | Prof. G------ I got a job {note space after dash} | !! |
| 334/1/1 | or if he had as any, | or if he had any, | !! |
| 334/1/2 | without the understanding it of which | without the understanding of which | !! |
| 334/5/9 | experience a `tramp life'' | experience a ``tramp life'' | !! |
| 334/5/11-13 | the perfect freedom, the having April when I started on my lone pilgrimage (with a book of poems all airs and flowers on equal terms, was brighter. It was the month of instead of a holy staff) | the perfect freedom, the having all airs and flowers on equal terms, was brighter. It was the month of April when I started on my lone pilgrimage (with a book of poems instead of a holy staff) | !! |
| 338//9 | gray haired hill, in sober--- | gray haired hill, in sober- | !! |
| Charles Fletcher Lummis, ``Walking to Los Angeles'' | |||
| 343/4/2 | blunder the Union ever | blunder the Union ever {It is a trade union, not a rival paper. Other occurrences have no italics.} |
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| 343/6/2 | things---n printing and newspapering | things---in printing and newspapering | ! |
| 345/2/1 | acres fir only for grain | acres fit only for grain | ! |
| 345/3/11 | world [Del Coronado] took | world [Del Coronado], took | ? |
| L. Frank Baum, from Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz | |||
| 348/9/1 | ``Canary-birds ?'' | ``Canary-birds?'' | ! |
| 349/3/1 | ``Gid-dap !'' | ``Gid-dap!'' | ! |
| 349/21/1 | ``What is your name ?'' | ``What is your name?'' | ! |
| Jack London, from Martin Eden | |||
| 357/5/9 | lie had stayed with it! | He had stayed with it! | !! |
| 359/14/2 | In the, middle of the bridge, | In the middle of the bridge, | !! |
| 360/0/8 | his hand warningly:---``They | his hand warningly:--- {PARAGRAPH BREAK} ``They | !! |
| 361/1/2 | hit me with 'em !'' | hit me with 'em!'' | !! |
| 361/10/1 | with his left hard only, | with his left hand only, | !! |
| 361/10/2 | as from a remote, distance | as from a remote distance | !! |
| 362/3/6 | shouting :---``I licked | shouting:--- {PARAGRAPH BREAK} ``I licked | !! |
| 363/4/2 | Savve?---you will, will you? | Savve?---you will, will you?'' | !! |
| 363/11/2 | that reach? ``It'll make | that reach? It'll make | !! |
| 368/3/5 | He sat in around the deck | He walked around the deck | !! |
| 368/3/6 | then his chair until he | then sat in his chair until he | !! |
| 369/0/12 | slowly aloud--- | slowly aloud:--- | !! |
| Frank Norris, from The Octopus | |||
| 372/1/1 | upon the Country Road. | upon the County Road. | !! |
| 381/1/7 | blinded with the agony in his eves, | blinded with the agony in his eyes, | !! |
| Mary Austin, from The Land of Little Rain | |||
| 388/2/1 | to drive eighteen and twenty-mule | to drive eighteen- and twenty-mule | !! |
| Introduction to Part 4 | |||
| 395/1/10 | Amy Semple McPherson | Aimee Semple McPherson | !! |
| 395/2/2 | A handful of major works endures, | A handful of major works endure, | ?? |
| 400/0/5 | international avante-garde | international avant-garde | ? |
| 401/3/4 | Amy Semple McPherson | Aimee Semple McPherson | !! |
| Jaime de Angulo, from Indians in Overalls | |||
| 416/0/7 | People often do that, you know.... | People often do that, you know....'' | !! |
| 416/2/4 | says the Fox.'' | says the Fox. | !! |
| 416/3/16 | said the Coyote.'' | said the Coyote. | !! |
| 417/19/1 | ``Shh! ... Doc. For God's sake | ``Shh! ... Doc! For God's sake | !! |
| 417/19/2 | She is probable somewhere | She is probably somewhere | !! |
| 417/23/1 | ``Well, she's take my shadow | ``Well, she'll take my shadow | !! |
| 418/3/3 | ...that's what I've heard. | ...that's what I've heard.'' | !! |
| 418/9/3 | that's not the same thing dalilamdzi, | that's not the same thing as dalilamdzi, | !! |
| 419/0/3 | tells it gestures, mimicry, | tells it with gestures, mimicry, | !! |
| 421/4/2 | with quondam sister-in-law, | with his quondam sister-in-law, | !! |
| Dashiell Hammett, from The Maltese Falcon | |||
| 430/6/4 | ``Oh. yes, of course you saw | ``Oh, yes, of course you saw | !! |
| 432/17/1 | till the curtain-bell rang. | till the curtain-bell rang.'' | !! |
| 433/12/3 | hurt, bewildered look ``Surely you're not | hurt, bewildered look. ``Surely you're not | !! |
| 435/7/1 | sharply, ``Who is she?' | sharply, ``Who is she?'' | !! |
| 435/13/2 | pretending to love me gave me---`` | pretending to love me gave me---'' | !! |
| Wallace Thurman, from The Blacker the Berry | |||
| 440/7/1 | ``Here we are,'' she shouted and releasing | ``Here we are,'' she shouted, and releasing | !! |
| Yvor Winters, "The Slow Pacific Swell" | |||
| 448//25 | Of distance water in unbroken | Of distant water in unbroken | !! |
| James M. Cain, from The Postman Always Rings Twice | |||
| 453/1/2-3 | poolroom, and begun playing him | poolroom, and began playing him | !! |
| 457/11/1-2 | I thought we could raise it to get started with, but then I lost it. | I thought we could use it to get started with, but then I lost it.'' | !! |
| 458/6/1 | a red kimono, as pale milk, staring at me, | a red kimono, as pale as milk, staring at me, | !! |
| William Saroyan, from Quarter, Half, Three-Quarter and Whole Notes | |||
| 465/3/3-4 | in the landscape the new grass, the new | in the landscape: the new grass, the new | !! |
| 469/3/3 | and this wholeness been not be purely | and this wholeness need not be purely | !! |
| Horace McCoy, from They Shoot Horses, Don't They? | |||
| 474/3/3 | and hate a bunch of people... | and hate a bunch of people....'' | !! |
| 474/7/1 | ``...I like it,'' | ...``I like it,'' | !! |
| 475/5/1 | stopped, not saving anything, | stopped, not saying anything, | !! |
| 476/2-3 | trying not to laugh. {PARAGRAPH BREAK} ``Haven't you got | trying not to laugh.... ``Haven't you got {That is, replace paragraph break with 4-dot ellipsis} |
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| 478/4/1 | But I knew what he mean. | But I knew what he meant. | !! |
| 478/9/1 | `''What does he know | ``What does he know | !! |
| George R. Stewart, from Ordeal by Hunger | |||
| 486/4/2 | and the horses amid push on for life. | and the horses and push on for life. | !! |
| 488/1/9 | which they though to be two or | which they thought to be two or | !! |
| John Steinbeck, from The Grapes of Wrath | |||
| 492/7/1 | ``Ma smiled with amusement. | Ma smiled with amusement. | !! |
| 493/3/5 | potatoes 'fore we boil `em. I wonder | potatoes 'fore we boil 'em. I wonder | !! |
| 493/8/1 | Pa,'' Tom said. ''Noah ain't a-goin'. | Pa,'' Tom said. ``Noah ain't a-goin'. | !! |
| 493/18/1 | ``But you ain't got nothing'' | ``But you ain't got nothing.'' | !! |
| 495/2/5 | an' them folks standin' there an me a-singin'. | an' them folks standin' there an' me a-singin'. | !! |
| 496/2/1 | said Pa. `` `We ain't left it all. | said Pa. ``We ain't left it all. | !! |
| 496/4/3 | ``If you don' get `em, somebody else | ``If you don' get 'em, somebody else | !! |
| 497/6/2 | ``You know', they don't have | ``You know, they don't have | !! |
| 498/4/1 | Winfleld said, ``Pa, I wanta | Winfield said, ``Pa, I wanta | !! |
| 500/1/3 | jus' et too much.' Uncle John put his hand | jus' et too much.' '' Uncle John put his hand | !! |
| 500/4/4 | I couldn' stand `em!'' | I couldn' stand 'em!'' | !! |
| 500/5/2 | I oughta go away an' let `em be. I ain't | I oughta go away an' let 'em be. I ain't | !! |
| 503/7/2 | down the back board Tom looked at her. | down the back board. Tom looked at her. | !! |
| Carey McWilliams, from Factories in the Field | |||
| 507/1/4 | however, is to he found in | however, is to be found in | !! |
| 508/3/2 | They had, example, conducted two sensational | They had, for example, conducted two sensational | !! |
| 508/3/6 | to maintain a headquarters, distribute literature, and | to maintain a headquarters, to distribute literature, and | !! |
| 509/2/4 | Many ``job strikes'' called and, frequently, | Many ``job strikes'' were called and, frequently, | !! |
| 510/0/1 | propaganda the militancy of their free-speech fights, | propaganda and the militancy of their free-speech fights, | !! |
| 513/2/1-2 | an incident occurred, which for the first time, | an incident occurred which, for the first time, | !! |
| 515/0/2 | through the winter. Witness after | through the winter.'' Witness after | !! |
| 515/0/13 | 1916, when the demand for labor increasing, | 1916, when, the demand for labor increasing, | !! |
| John Fante, from Ask the Dust | |||
| 525/1/8 | ``Here, `` she offered. ``A cool drink.'' | ``Here,'' she offered. ``A cool drink.'' | !! |
| 526/2/3 | You must take a nap. Maybe that | You must take a nap.'' Maybe that | !! |
| 530/1/5 | against a stone bench. Suddenly I felt | against a stone bench. {PARAGRAPH BREAK} Suddenly I felt | !! |
| 530/2/1 | into the sand, I looked at | into the sand. I looked at | !! |
| Raymond Chandler, from The Big Sleep | |||
| 539/4/11 | Respectfully, A. C. Geiger.'' | Respectfully, A. G. Geiger.'' | !! |
| 540/11/1 | own right, General ?`` | own right, General?'' | !! |
| 541/2/1 | Mr. Marlowe. ``What are | Mr. Marlowe. What are | !! |
| 541/4/2 | You realize that. I hope. | You realize that, I hope. | !! |
| Nathanael West, from The Day of the Locust | |||
| 548/7/5 | backwards in a long backwards in a long, curving swoop. | backwards in a long, curving swoop. | !! |
| F. Scott Fitzgerald, from The Love of the Last Tycoon | |||
| 557/11/1 | some evenings for you. | some evenings for you.'' | !! |
| 557/16/1 | When do you back to college?'' | When do you go back to college?'' | !! |
| 558/6/1 | and Robby arrived, clusters of lights had a picked out | and Robby arrived clusters of lights had already picked out | !! |
| 558/7/1 | out of Thirty-Sixth Street, said Robby | out of Thirty-sixth Street,'' said Robby | !! |
| 558/10/1 | sudden bogs, they made their to the bank | sudden bogs they made their way to the bank | !! |
| 558/10/2 | the women, looking a little | the women looking a little | !! |
| 560/2/11 | paresis like------; | paresis like ------; {note space before dash} | !! |
| M. F. K. Fisher, "The First Oyster" | |||
| 568/0/2 | strawberry syrup on chocolate ice-cream-with-butter-scotch-sauce. | strawberry syrup on chocolate-icecream-with-butter-scotch-sauce. | !! |
| 568/1/7 | degrees, turned out rare bats into | degrees, turned our rare bats into | !! |
| 568/4/2 | think at all of those day's, were the hot | think at all of those days, were the hot | !! |
| 572/9/4 | delight, not at what Miss I Huntingdon was saying | delight, not at what Miss Huntingdon was saying | !! |
| 574/1/3 | artificial mocking bird. Filipino boys skimmed ... into the candlelight, | {This is a bowdlerization -- one of two bowdlerizations in this
essay. The complete text is as follows:} artificial mocking bird. A flock of little Filipino boys skimmed like monkeys into the candlelight, {The problem is that the first of the textual omissions has not been signaled with an ellipsis. The passage should read:} artificial mocking bird. ... Filipino boys skimmed ... into the candlelight, {although I would prefer the unbowdlerized version.} |
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| Idwal Jones, from The Vineyard | |||
| 575/1/9 | the vat room.[...] | the vat room. [...] {Note: Elsewhere in the anthology, added ellipses don't have brackets, so this is a bit weird. But at least put a space before the open bracket.} |
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| Toshio Mori, ``He Who Has the Laughing Face'' | |||
| 590/2/9 | Sunday is the day any one may possibly be | Sunday is the day anyone may possibly be | !! |
| 590/2/10 | I believe he was a grocer | I believed he was a grocer | !! |
| 591/6/2 | not rich and I do not travel. | not rich and I do not travel.'' {This is definitely a typo: there should be quotes here, as the sense of the passage makes clear. However, the original contains the same typo.} |
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| Chester Himes, from If He Hollers Let Him Go | |||
| 616/8/2 | I said, ``Fine. Kelly, fine!'' | I said, ``Fine, Kelly, fine!'' | !! |
| 616/9/1 | when you learn how.'' he said. | when you learn how,'' he said. | !! |
| 618/3/1 | it came up in mouth, filling | it came up in my mouth, filling | !! |