Modoc by Ralph Helfer
1998
Harper |
| PAGE | BAD TEXT | CORRECTION |
| 18 | The tip of Mo's trunk traveled up and down Bram's prostate body... | postrate |
| 19 | She's never been away from her mother for any great length of time. | [Unlikely the mother elephant hadn't returned to the circus for ten years.] |
| 26 | ...his first thought upon awakening, and that last when going to sleep, was [ ] when he could spend time.... | of |
| 68 | Through a myriad of colorful crystalline patterns... | myriad |
| 97 + 100 | He felt the heavines of the icy ocean water. versus Thank God, the water's warm...It's because we're in the Bay of Bengal. If this had happened in the Atlantic Ocean, we'd all be dead by now. The water ismuch colder there... | [consistency] |
| 125 + 131 + 135 | Probably next week ...the sooner I return, the better. [versus] As the months passed... [versus] Kelly came to say goodbye. | [consistency] |
| 134 | The early morning sun found Bram lying with his head at the foot of the bed, looking up at the carved headboard. In the center was the finest carving of them all. It was of Atoul. ... The dark eyes were set into a brow of white, and the moon gave them the appearance of moving. | [consistency] |
| 136 | Only the leaping of a occasional trout broke the still waters... | an |
| 148 + 154 | I plan on sticking to the forest during the night, and the cities by the day... [versus] It was daybreak, as expected, when Bram entered the forest that lay south of the city. | [consistency] |
| 154 | ...lest it caused pinching and cutting. | cause |
| 155 | As the morning lights appeared... | light |
| 163 + 164 | Sword drawn, he leaned forward in the saddle... [versus] He slowly slid a long saber from its sheath... | [consistency] |
| 156 + 168 | ...Bram put her to work hauling water from the wells high up on the ridge. | [high wells, unlikely] |
| 176 | He wore a tan shirt with a number of insignias and badges, tan shorts, high tan socks, and long-legged boots. | [consistency: very high socks] |
| 197 | ...perhaps weighing twenty-five pounds, and prehensile... | [not accurate description of any known mammal's penis] |
| 203 | ...the left foot was the single one entrance... | [ ] |
| 212 | ...her long hair shielding her eyes from her captive. | captor |
| 216 | By [ ] time they notice you have gone, it will be too late. | the |
| 178 + 245 | Mo's tusks had grown, and although not long, they were thick and impressive.Mo's tusks were coming in at a fast rate and were quite large in comparison to those of other females [versus] Mo's tusks had grown, and although not long, they were thick and impressive. | [Consistency and Tusks are not visible in any photos of the elephant included in the book.] |
| 271 | The vaccine's been located at an Entomological Research Center about an hour by air from here. They're flying down the vaccine. | antidote |
| 280 | Her head, tusks, and trunks were buried into the thick mud... | trunk |
| 283 | ...he could be found out in the vacant lot... | [ ] |
| 290 - 291 | They were in the Rhode Island area and winter quarters were in south FLorida. ... The trains separated in upper New York state ... At a small whistlestop somewhere in the Ozarks .... | [non-sensical directions/travel route] |
| 294 | ...he receive an early telephone call from the director. | a |
| 298 | ...from Chicago on, they were on the edge of their seats ... They had climbed high into the Ozark mountains. | [A trip heading east starting in California and passing through Chicago is not likely to terminate in the Ozarks west of Illinois.] |
| 300 | She had apparently being doing this for some time... | been |
| 304 | There is a danger ot turning over, especially if the elephant is rocking to the right as a right-hand turn is made. | left |
| 306 | For the next few weeks she favored the other foot, keeping the pressure off the injured one. | used/placed emphasis on |
| 391 | Fact/consistency | Letter signed by Kallli Gooma noted as a "very old" 40 years previous, who's birth may have "coincided with the first revolution" (1857) - p. 178] |
| 321 | They had all had come to say their farewells. | [ ] |
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