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Anthony Comstock: Roundsman of the Lord

by Heywood Broun, Margaret Leech

Pages: 285

Contributors: Heywood Broun,Margaret Leech

Publisher: Boni

Place of Publication: New York

Publication Year: 1927

Subjects: Comstock, Anthony,--1844-1915

Table of Contents

Title Page

Contents

Chapter I: Portrait of a Crusader

Chapter II: Comstock and the Freudian Lions

Chapter III: Boyhood and a Wintry Faith

Chapter IV: "Should I Fall"

Chapter V: Dear M.

Chapter VI: The Hydra-Headed Monster

Chapter VII: Beecher and the Lady Brokers

Chapter VIII: Puritan in the Spotlight

Chapter IX: The Conquest of Congress

Chapter X: Comstock Shows His Badge

Chapter XI: The Palace of Restell

Chapter XII: Fires of the Inquisition

Chapter XIII: Sniping at Lady Luck

Chapter XIV: Bouquets and Brickbats

Chapter XV: Artistic and Classical, Traps

Chapter XVI: The Old Man

Broun on Censorship

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