Banned in Boston

Banned in Boston is the first-ever history of the New England Watch and Ward Society—Boston's unofficial moral guardian for over eighty years. 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. Neil Miller deftly traces the growth of the Watch and Ward, from its formation in 1878 through its heyday in the early twentieth century.