This question is actually impossible for anyone but your local library to answer. However, I can offer you some ideas that *may* have influenced the banning. First of all, librarians, sadly, are notable for their book banning. read more
Having said all that - Mark Twain. Twain’s, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was first published in 1884. From the very start and ever since it has suffered many bans, particularly in school and children’s libraries. It was first banned in 1885, by a library in Concord, Massachusetts. read more
The return to library shelves of two controversially banned novels – Mark Twain's Eve's Diary and Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five – marks the start of America's annual celebration of prohibited literature, Banned Books Week, on Saturday. read more
Mark Twain. No such case as my title implies was ever brought, of course. The United States has no banning—that is, no centralized prohibition of books. Here, a ban has come to mean any decision to eliminate a book from a library or a school reading list. read more