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Cohan: Side-by-Side

By K.C. Johnson

The handful of close readers of the William D. Cohan book (a list that, alas, did not include reviewers from the Economist and Newsday) doubtless noticed an anomaly?minor errors, usually by a page or two, in the index. It was almost as if there were lots of small, last-minute alterations to the book, some of which led to pagination changes that weren?t accurately reflected in the index.It turns out that the manuscript was reduced by 22 pages. Some of the shift came from modifying the spacing and the margins. Cohan also made minor cuts of little editorial consequence. But myriad alterations better framed the argument, by: eliminating criticism of the book?s protagonist, Mike Nifong; cutting passages that reflected very poorly on Nifong?s conduct or temperament; bolstering the Cohan/Nifong ?something happened? thesis; or downplaying positive portrayals of the lacrosse players? character...continue to full post

Full post as published by Durham-in-Wonderland on June 04, 2014 (boomark / email).