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What A 19th Century Crime Lord Can Teach Us About Modern Book Bans

What A 19th Century Crime Lord Can Teach Us About Modern Book Bans

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We got some Boss Tweeds in the house…

Via the Museum of the City of New York

As someone who loves history, one of my favorite books growing up was The Good Old Days: They Were Terrible! It was a book that described the rampant corruption of the Gilded Age along with the exceptionally low standard of life people had back in the day.

It was there that I star…

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