Words for the Taking : The Hunt for a Plagiarist /
In January 1992, poet Neal Bowers received a phone call that changed his life. He learned his poems had been stolen and published under another name. Bowers hired a copyright lawyer and a private detective, and they began the agonizing hunt to track down the person who stole his creative work. Bower...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Carbondale :
Southern Illinois University Press,
2007.
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Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Summary: | In January 1992, poet Neal Bowers received a phone call that changed his life. He learned his poems had been stolen and published under another name. Bowers hired a copyright lawyer and a private detective, and they began the agonizing hunt to track down the person who stole his creative work. Bowers was dealing with more than the theft of words. He uncovered the plagiarist's unsavory past when he found convicted child molester David Jones, who published the poems using the name David Sumner. Determined to hold the plagiarist accountable, Bowers is drawn into a bizarr. |
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Item Description: | Originally published: New York : W.W. Norton, 1997. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (168 pages). |
ISBN: | 9780809387717 |