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History of Banned Books

What was the first book banned in the USA?
New English Canaan
The New England Guide to the Americas
Was Shakespeare's works every censored?
Yes! In 1807 the Family Shakespeare was published "in which nothing is added to the original text; but those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud in a family."
No, Shakespeare is perfect.
At the turn of the 20th century, why did libraries have open and closed (needing a librarian to access) stacks
So more patrons would read non-fiction.
To keep the public away from banned books.
What made public libraries censor reading materials related to communism in the 1950's?
McCarthyism
China.
Fundamentalism.
Socialism.
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