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.. .Miller's book is rich with colorful anecdotes. -- Journal of American History This is a superb example of breathtaking research, presented in a style that will appeal to a broad audience...Rather than delivering a detailed history of the Watch and Ward, he offers up a series of vignettes that are historically accurate yet thoroughly entertaining in their telling. This is social history at its finest, and Miller should be applauded for resurrecting the history of this influential group that had a national reputation. -- Choice Reviews The fight for artistic freedom in America begins in Boston, and Miller gives us a front-row seat. --Christopher M. Finan, president of the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression and author of From the Palmer Raids to the Patriot Ac t Miller relates a wealth of historical anecdotes...[they] left no shortage of entertaining censorship initiatives for Miller to recall here for readers' enjoyment. -- Booklist As a catchphrase, 'banned in Boston' made history; as an imprimatur it sold books. -- Chronicle Review With precision, perception, and wry wit, Neil Miller serves up a juicy tale of censorship past. From sex, drugs, and a swearing parrot to almost anything French, Banned in Boston demonstrates that campaigns to save us from ourselves never go out of fashion. --Nan Levinson, author of Outspoken: Free Speech Stories A lively history of the notorious Watch and Ward Society, which for a century sought to establish decency by suppressing 'obscene' works by authors such as Boccaccio, Whitman, Dreiser, Faulkner, and Mencken. This is a must read for anyone interested in understanding how censorship ultimately destroys not indecency, but freedom. --Geoffrey R. Stone, author of Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism I read this book with one eye over my shoulder, fully expecting the Watch and Ward police to burs

<p>&ldquo;With precision, perception, and wry wit, Neil Miller serves up a juicy tale of censorship past. From sex, drugs, and a swearing parrot to almost anything French, Banned in Boston demonstrates that campaigns to save us from ourselves never go out of fashion.&rdquo;<br> &mdash;Nan Levinson, author of Outspoken: Free Speech Stories <br>&ldquo;A lively history of the notorious Watch and Ward Society, which for a century sought to establish decency by suppressing &lsquo;obscene&rsquo; works by authors such as Boccaccio, Whitman, Dreiser, Faulkner, and Mencken. This is a must read for anyone interested in understanding how censorship ultimately destroys not indecency, but freedom.&rdquo;<br> &mdash;Geoffrey R. Stone, author of Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism <br>&ldquo;I read this book with one eye over my shoulder, fully expecting the Watch and Ward police to burst in and confiscate it for being too provocative! Bu

.. .Miller's book is rich with colorful anecdotes. -- Journal of American History This is a superb example of breathtaking research, presented in a style that will appeal to a broad audience...Rather than delivering a detailed history of the Watch and Ward, he offers up a series of vignettes that are historically accurate yet thoroughly entertaining in their telling. This is social history at its finest, and Miller should be applauded for resurrecting the history of this influential group that had a national reputation. -- Choice Reviews The fight for artistic freedom in America begins in Boston, and Miller gives us a front-row seat. --Christopher M. Finan, president of the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression and author of From the Palmer Raids to the Patriot Ac t Miller relates a wealth of historical anecdotes...[they] left no shortage of entertaining censorship initiatives for Miller to recall here for readers' enjoyment. -- Booklist As a catchphrase, 'banned in Boston' made history; as an imprimatur it sold books. -- Chronicle Review With precision, perception, and wry wit, Neil Miller serves up a juicy tale of censorship past. From sex, drugs, and a swearing parrot to almost anything French, Banned in Boston demonstrates that campaigns to save us from ourselves never go out of fashion. --Nan Levinson, author of Outspoken: Free Speech Stories A lively history of the notorious Watch and Ward Society, which for a century sought to establish decency by suppressing 'obscene' works by authors such as Boccaccio, Whitman, Dreiser, Faulkner, and Mencken. This is a must read for anyone interested in understanding how censorship ultimately destroys not indecency, but freedom. --Geoffrey R. Stone, author of Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism I read this book with one eye over my shoulder, fully expecting the Watch and Ward police to burs This is a superb example of breathtaking research, presented in a style that will appeal to a broad audience...Rather than delivering a detailed history of the Watch and Ward, he offers up a series of vignettes that are historically accurate yet thoroughly entertaining in their telling. This is social history at its finest, and Miller should be applauded for resurrecting the history of this influential group that had a national reputation. -- Choice Reviews The fight for artistic freedom in America begins in Boston, and Miller gives us a front-row seat. --Christopher M. Finan, president of the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression and author of From the Palmer Raids to the Patriot Ac t Miller relates a wealth of historical anecdotes...[they] left no shortage of entertaining censorship initiatives for Miller to recall here for readers' enjoyment. -- Booklist As a catchphrase, 'banned in Boston' made history; as an imprimatur it sold books. Q The fight for artistic freedom in America begins in Boston, and Miller gives us a front-row seat. --Christopher M. Finan, president of the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression and author of From the Palmer Raids to the Patriot Ac t Miller relates a wealth of historical anecdotes...[they] left no shortage of entertaining censorship initiatives for Miller to recall here for readers' enjoyment. -- Booklist As a catchphrase, 'banned in Boston' made history; as an imprimatur it sold books. -- Chronicle Review With precision, perception, and wry wit, Neil Miller serves up a juicy tale of censorship past. From sex, drugs, and a swearing parrot to almost anything French, Banned in Boston demonstrates that campaigns to save us from ourselves never go out of fashion. --Nan Levinson, author of Outspoken: Free Speech Stories With precision, perception, and wry wit, Neil Miller serves up a juicy tale of censorship past. From sex, drugs, and a swearing parrot to almost anything French, Banned in Boston demonstrates that campaigns to save us from ourselves never go out of fashion. -Nan Levinson, author of Outspoken: Free Speech Stories A lively history of the notorious Watch and Ward Society, which for a century sought to establish decency by suppressing 'obscene' works by authors such as Boccaccio, Whitman, Dreiser, Faulkner, and Mencken. This is a must read for anyone interested in understanding how censorship ultimately destroys not indecency, but freedom. -Geoffrey R. Stone, author of Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism I read this book with one eye over my shoulder, fully expecting the Watch and Ward police to burst in and confiscate it for being too provocative! Bu

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Neil Miller teaches journalism at Tufts University and is the award-winning author of five nonfiction books. His most recent work, ""Kartchner Caverns,"" won the 2009 Arizona Book Award.

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