Get Your Free Audiobook

  • Banned in Boston

  • The Watch and Ward Society’s Crusade Against Books, Burlesque, and the Social Evil
  • Written by: Neil Miller
  • Narrated by: Peter Johnson
  • Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins

Prime logo New to Audible Prime Member exclusive:
2 credits with free trial
1 credit a month to use on any title to download and keep
Listen to anything from the Plus Catalogue—thousands of Audible Originals, podcasts and audiobooks
Download titles to your library and listen offline
₹199 per month after 30-day trial. Cancel anytime.
Banned in Boston cover art

Banned in Boston

Written by: Neil Miller
Narrated by: Peter Johnson
Free with 30-day trial

₹199 per month after 30-day trial. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for ₹668.00

Buy Now for ₹668.00

Pay using card ending in
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and Amazon's Privacy Notice.

Publisher's Summary

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."

©2011 Neil Miller (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

What listeners say about Banned in Boston

Average Customer Ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.