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The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 12

William Cowper Brann

FormatEbook

Published1996

Words1,01,203

LanguageEnglish

Volume12 of 12

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This volume collects the essays and editorials of William Cowper Brann, the late-nineteenth-century Texas journalist known for his combative, satirical commentary on American society and religion. It suits readers and researchers interested in Gilded Age journalism, social criticism, and late-1800s American history.

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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