Mistakes

Missing from the index: Jacob Javits and Nelson Rockefeller, both mentioned on page 336, have no index entries. Edition: Simon and Schuster, 1988.

Missing from the index: Patrice Munsel, mentioned on page 317, has no index entry. Edition: Simon and Schuster, 1988.

Missing from the index: Ginger Rogers, mentioned on page 316, has no index entry. Edition: Simon and Schuster, 1988.

Missing from the index: Rose Smith, Woody Allen, Andy Warhol, Cheryl Tiegs, George Steinbrenner and Howard Stern, all mentioned on page 312, have no index entries. Edition: Simon and Schuster, 1988.

Missing from the index: Glenn Close and George S. Parker, both mentioned on page 311, have no index entries. Edition: Simon and Schuster, 1988.

Missing from the index: John Crow and Brian Doyle, both mentioned on page 302, have no index entries. Edition: Simon and Schuster, 1988.

Missing from the index: Princess Caroline, mentioned on page 298, has no index entry. Edition: Simon and Schuster, 1988.

Missing from the index: Floyd Abrams and Cahill Pfeiffer, both mentioned on page 291, have no index entries. Edition: Simon and Schuster, 1988.

Missing from the index: Leslie Blanchard, mentioned on page 287, has no index entry. Edition: Simon and Schuster, 1988.

Missing from the index: Robert Wills Rischel and Phil Donahue, both mentioned on page 279, have no index entries. Edition: Simon and Schuster, 1988.

Inconsistency: page 162 says 'Oh, can we stop and take a look at that overpass?' but page 190 refers to the same stop as an overlook: 'If we hadn't stopped at that overlook, I wouldn't have to be here.' One of the two should be corrected so both say "overlook". Edition: Simon and Schuster, 1988.

Person mentioned before being introduced: page 40 says "Although Paley was interested in television...", using the last name only, but he is not introduced until page 46 ("Murrow's boss, CBS president William Paley"). The full name and position should be given at the first mention on page 40. Edition: Simon and Schuster, 1988.

Says "So I continued to sit here for quite a while...", "here" should be "there" (the narration is in the past tense). Edition: Harcourt Brace, 1990.

Says "'I could have been rich a long time back,' she said, 'paddling in this much. If I had wanted to.'", "much" should be "muck". Edition: Harcourt Brace, 1990.

Says "So I quite trying to decide.", "quite" should be "quit". Edition: Harcourt Brace, 1990.

Says "When it suited his convenience, Jefferson set aside his small-government credo with compunction.", "with compunction" should be "without compunction". Edition: Penguin, 2004.

Name misspelled: says "Hamilton told James A. Bayrd of Delaware.", "Bayrd" should be "Bayard" (spelled correctly as "James A. Bayard, a Delaware Federalist" on page 637). Edition: Penguin, 2004.

Sentence fragment: the sentence beginning "All the more remarkable that his closest..." has no main verb; it should be a complete sentence, e.g. "It is all the more remarkable that his closest...". Edition: Penguin, 2004.

Says "...with an unmappable operational endlessless to its streets...", "endlessless" should be "endlessness". Edition: Penguin, 2006.

Repeated word: says "'It's up by Vanarvara,' Kit said when when the day had resumed.", should be "Kit said when the day had resumed." Edition: Penguin, 2006.

Wrong pronoun: the subject is the prima donna ("she had become somehow reluctant to sing"), but the text then says "...upon scrutiny carrying in his eyes an expression...". "his" should be "her". Edition: Penguin, 2006.

Says "...unarmed strikers who had marched there in respectfulnesss and innocence.", "respectfulnesss" should be "respectfulness". Edition: Penguin, 2006.

Extra word: says "Root Tubsmith had discovered this much this from nosing around in the...", should be "had discovered this much from nosing around...". Edition: Penguin, 2006.

Repeated word: says "...not likely docile material for the mills of of the newly empowered order.", should be "...the mills of the newly empowered order." Edition: Penguin, 2006.

Says "He came to rest about a mile up the Quinnipiac on top of West Rock...", "West Rock" should be "East Rock". The West River is on the west side of New Haven; the Quinnipiac River is on the east side, by East Rock. Edition: Penguin, 2006.

Missing word: says "Ray certainly didn't care for any it, and the boys today...", should be "didn't care for any of it". Edition: Penguin, 2006.

Says "She talked nonstop, except when she was clearing our her eustachian tubes...", "our" should be "out". Edition: Broadway, 1998.

Name misspelled on the dust jacket: says "There are cameo appearances by Nikolai Tesla, Bela Lugosi, and Groucho Marx.", "Nikolai" should be "Nikola" (Nikola Tesla). Edition: Penguin, 2006.

Missing word: says "For one, she didn't apologize, much less mention, her behavior at the hospital.", should be "she didn't apologize for, much less mention, her behavior...". Edition: Doubleday, 1993.