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The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 01
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This first volume collects the essays and editorials of William Cowper Brann, the caustic 1890s Texas journalist known as "the Iconoclast," on society, religion, and politics. It suits readers interested in American satire, journalism history, and late nineteenth-century social commentary.
William Cowper Brann
William Cowper Brann was an American journalist also known as Brann the Iconoclast. During his life, he gained a reputation as a "brilliant though vitriolic editorialist." He defended lynching Black men accused of rape and called for opponents of this type of mob violence to be castrated.
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