{"product_id":"banned-in-boston-neil-miller-9780807051115","title":"Banned in Boston: The Watch and Ward Society's Crusade against Books, Burlesque, and the Social Evil","description":"\u003cp\u003eA lively history of the Watch and Ward Society--New England's notorious literary censor for over eighty years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBanned in Boston\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Neil Miller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 080705111X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807051115\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Beacon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/20\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.65h x 6.25w x 0.68d","brand":"Neil Miller","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947247894783,"sku":"9780807051115","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_41e3b043-0853-42eb-ad2a-7366e94246f1.jpg?v=1681517588","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/banned-in-boston-neil-miller-9780807051115","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}