A lively history of the Watch and Ward Society--New England's
notorious literary censor for over eighty years.
"Banned in Boston" is the first-ever history of the Watch and Ward
Society--once Boston's unofficial moral guardian. An influential
watchdog organization, bankrolled by society's upper crust, it
actively suppressed vices like gambling and prostitution, and
oversaw the mass censorship of books and plays. A spectacular romp
through the Puritan City, here Neil Miller relates the
scintillating story of how a powerful band of Brahmin moral
crusaders helped make Boston the most straitlaced city in America,
forever linked with the infamous catchphrase "banned in
Boston."
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