| SONS OF WICHITA How the Koch Brothers Became America's Most Powerful and Private Dynasty Daniel Schulman New York: Grand Central Publishing, May 2014 |
Rating: 5.0 High |
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| ISBN-13 978-1-455-51873-9 | ||||
| ISBN-10 1-455-51873-5 | 424pp. | HC/BWI | $30.00 | |
| Page 42: | "...after an extensive trip that included stops in imperial Japan and ("violently socialistic") New Zealand." |
| Parentheses not needed: S/B "violently socialistic". |
| Page 61: | "(Bill still ranked above his rebellious brother Charles, who graduated Culver as a private.)." |
| Missing word: S/B "graduated from Culver". |
| Page 97: | "...to include the Environmental Protection Agency, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration, and a government-led War on Drugs." |
| Word order: S/B "Occupational Safety and Health Administration". |
| Page 180: | "In the years to follow, he sponsored festivals and 5Ks." |
| Unclear: S/B "5K runs". (Ignoring the fact that the abbreviation for "kilometer" is normally lower case.) |
| Page 200: | "A silk handkerchief peaked neatly from the pocket of his tailored suit." |
| Spelling: S/B "peeked". I'm piqued that this peaking handkerchief wasn't said to peek out of its pocket. |
| Page 234: | "...straddled a lush, 4-acre property that stretched from the ocean to the Intercoastal Waterway." |
| Spelling: S/B "Intracoastal Waterway". |
| Page 237: | "A courtyard leads to a golf course and striking views of the Intercoastal Waterway." |
| Spelling: S/B "Intracoastal Waterway". |
| Page 255: | "...the company's lobbyists operated differently than the K Street-hired guns that stalk the halls of Congress for their corporate clients." |
| Hyphenation: S/B "K-Street hired guns". |
| Page 358: | "He did not follow the flash or the ostentatious preferring the academic, the intellectual, and the byways of art history, literature, and music." |
| Missing comma: S/B "ostentatious, preferring". |
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