Shane K. Bernard's Blog, page 8
March 3, 2012
"To Err Is Human": Errata from My Books
One of my favorite quotes is "No one who cannot rejoice in the discovery of his own mistakes deserves to be called a scholar."*
In the spirit of this quote, I post the below errata from my books (including typographical errors):
From Swamp Pop: Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues (1996):
~ Page 3, "Slowing to a crawl you pull into the graveled lot of one of the oldest, perhaps the largest, certainly the most legendary swamp pop nightspot. . . ."
Correction: This sentence doesn't quite make sense grammatically and needs to be revised to:
"Slowing to a crawl you pull into the graveled lot of one of the oldest, largest, and most legendary swamp pop nightspots. . . ."
~ Page 10, photo caption, "Van Broussard performing at Dutch Town High School, Dutch Town (Ascension Parrish), La., 1957."
Correction: "Parish" is misspelled.
~ Page 65, "During the late 1960s Fender teamed up with Joe Barry and went on in the mid-'70s to record such enduring swamp pop classics as ‘Before the Next Teardrop Falls’ and ‘Wasted Days and Wasted Nights’ (the latter covered by Johnnie Allan in alternating English and Cajun French lyrics).”
Correction: "Latter" should be "former."
~Page 115, "Cookie — renowned vocalist on swamp pop classics like 'Mathilda,' 'Belinda,' 'I'm Twisted,' 'Got You on My Mind,' and 'Betty and Dupree.' . . ."
Correction: Cookie did not sing vocals on "Betty and Dupree"; rather, his bandmate Shelton Dunaway handled the vocals.
~ Page 254, the index entry for "Creole" says "See also Black Creole; Creole of Color; French Creole" — but there is no index entry for "French Creole."
From The Cajuns: Americanization of a People (2003):
~ Page xi, "Regardless, when I visited my Cajun grandparents on Crochet Street in Opelousas, I heard Cajun French."
Correction: "Crochet" should be "Crouchet."
From Cajuns and Their Acadian Ancestors: A Young Reader's History (2008):
~ Page 29, "The next year, a group of about three hundred exiles arrived in Louisiana under the guidance of a daring Acadian leader named Joseph Broussard did Beausoleil."
Correction: "About three hundred" should be "about two hundred."
*Source: Donald Foster, Professor of English, Vassar College, as quoted in William S. Niederkorn, "A Scholar Recants on His 'Shakespeare' Discovery," New York Times, 20 June 2002.
In the spirit of this quote, I post the below errata from my books (including typographical errors):
From Swamp Pop: Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues (1996):
~ Page 3, "Slowing to a crawl you pull into the graveled lot of one of the oldest, perhaps the largest, certainly the most legendary swamp pop nightspot. . . ."
Correction: This sentence doesn't quite make sense grammatically and needs to be revised to:
"Slowing to a crawl you pull into the graveled lot of one of the oldest, largest, and most legendary swamp pop nightspots. . . ."
~ Page 10, photo caption, "Van Broussard performing at Dutch Town High School, Dutch Town (Ascension Parrish), La., 1957."
Correction: "Parish" is misspelled.
~ Page 65, "During the late 1960s Fender teamed up with Joe Barry and went on in the mid-'70s to record such enduring swamp pop classics as ‘Before the Next Teardrop Falls’ and ‘Wasted Days and Wasted Nights’ (the latter covered by Johnnie Allan in alternating English and Cajun French lyrics).”
Correction: "Latter" should be "former."
~Page 115, "Cookie — renowned vocalist on swamp pop classics like 'Mathilda,' 'Belinda,' 'I'm Twisted,' 'Got You on My Mind,' and 'Betty and Dupree.' . . ."
Correction: Cookie did not sing vocals on "Betty and Dupree"; rather, his bandmate Shelton Dunaway handled the vocals.
~ Page 254, the index entry for "Creole" says "See also Black Creole; Creole of Color; French Creole" — but there is no index entry for "French Creole."
From The Cajuns: Americanization of a People (2003):
~ Page xi, "Regardless, when I visited my Cajun grandparents on Crochet Street in Opelousas, I heard Cajun French."
Correction: "Crochet" should be "Crouchet."
From Cajuns and Their Acadian Ancestors: A Young Reader's History (2008):
~ Page 29, "The next year, a group of about three hundred exiles arrived in Louisiana under the guidance of a daring Acadian leader named Joseph Broussard did Beausoleil."
Correction: "About three hundred" should be "about two hundred."
*Source: Donald Foster, Professor of English, Vassar College, as quoted in William S. Niederkorn, "A Scholar Recants on His 'Shakespeare' Discovery," New York Times, 20 June 2002.
