Legal Commentary

Yesterday, we went to the Miami International Book Fair's Street Festival. We stopped at the booth for Novel-T, which sells "jerseys" for authors and fictional characters, each with a logo on the front and the name and number on the back. There are two teams--the American Canons (great authors/characters from 19th century American literature) and the National Puncs (mix of American and non-U.S. writers, including one living writer).

According to the reps at the booth, each number is significant to the character or author--some obvious and some obscure. After the jump, I present the "line-ups" for the two teams. In the comments, let's here your best guesses as to the significance of each number to the character or author.

Dick -- 1

Ahab -- 2

Prynne -- 8 (the front logo, obviously, is an 'A'--my wife got this one)

Bartelby -- 9

Whitman -- 11

Sawyer -- 12

Poe -- 13 (two possible logos--a heart or a raven -- I got the latter)

Finn -- 14

Thoreau -- 28

National Puncs

Gatsby -- 3

Dickinson -- 4

Vonnegut -- 5

Alice -- 7 (logo on the front is a cupcake)

Darcy -- 10

Ames -- 20

Darwin -- 22

Quixote -- 51

L. Tzu -- 69

Trout -- 81

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