{"id":137041,"date":"2018-09-06T00:13:27","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T06:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/06\/twenty-years-in-the-us-of-harry-potter.html"},"modified":"2018-09-06T14:24:50","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T20:24:50","slug":"twenty-years-in-the-us-of-harry-potter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/06\/twenty-years-in-the-us-of-harry-potter.html","title":{"rendered":"Twenty Years (in the US) of Harry Potter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yet more proof that I am getting old.<\/p>\n

Also, a reminder for me to be pedantic and insist on using the English title (… and the Philosopher’s Stone)<\/i> for the title of the first book.<\/p>\n


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\nJ.K. Rowling Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Harry Potter’s US Launch<\/a><\/span>
\nTwenty years ago, today, American readers were introduced to Harry Potter with the first American […]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Yet more proof that I am getting old. Also, a reminder for me to be pedantic and insist on using the English title (… and the Philosopher’s Stone) for the title of the first book. J.K. 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