I think I tried to do this from memory some time ago and my memory failed. Then I found a copy in some old files.

Book titles that didn't sell
Sometimes the original title of a book isn't good enough, and the publisher suggests to the author that a different title would make the book sell better. What famous books *might* have started out with the following titles?

Little House on the Plains
Around the World in Eleven Weeks and Three Days
The Asparagus is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank
Jonathan L. Seagull
Gone with the Breeze
The Magician of Oz
Moby Richard
Murder on the Orient Train
A Farewell to Weapons
A Trolly Named Desire
Landing Field
Up the Down Steps
Grapes of Anger
20,000 Leagues Underwater
Death of a Salesperson
Hot Tin Roof with a Cat on It
Bury My Heart at Wounded Leg
Half-a-Minute over Toyko
To Eternity from Here
The Old Man and the Ocean
Raisins of Wrath
Who's Afraid of Mrs. Wolfe?
How Green Was My Pasture
(Sometimes I confuse movie, book, and play titles.)
Howard