America’s First Banned Book Is for Sale for $35,000

If you have a spare 35 grand or so, you now have a shot at a rare copy of the first book banned in America. Christie’s Auction House in New York recently announced that it will be auctioning a copy of New Canaan by Thomas Morton, a 1637 political satire that caused outrage among New […] The post America’s First Banned Book Is for Sale for $35,000 appeared first on Electric Literature. Continue reading at 'Electric Literature'

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