'53. It got a very short initial run resultantly, and there was a lot of talk in the papers about the "controversy" of witchcraft, in order to shift the debate

'53. It got a very short initial run resultantly, and there was a lot of talk in the papers about the "controversy" of witchcraft, in order to shift the debate away from the contemporary context. Sure, it may not have resulted in book-burning (do allow me some hyperbole!), but I stand by my point that had that passage remained, this would not be a staple of American youth reading today, and the book would have ended up either obscure or "controversial".