The Original Banned Book | New English Canaan

This is such a fun and important part of bookish history. Thomas Morton was a menace in the best possible way, and his book, New English Canaan, paved the way for authors of today who want to make their voices heard against the injustice of the world. Hope you enjoy this bookish history lesson!

🔥Chapters🔥
00:00 - Merrymount
04:13 - A brief summary of book bans
08:05 - The Colonizers
14:38 - The petty sass of Thomas Morton
21:25 - New English Canaan
28:01 - Books ARE political!
32:21 - Final thoughts

📚Books mentioned
New English Canaan by Thomas Morton
Twelfth Night by Shakespeare
Leaves of Grass - Walt Whitman

📰Articles/Sources
Lord of Misrule by Ed Simon - The Public Domain Review - https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/...
America's first banned book? by Anne Good - https://libnews.umn.edu/2023/10/ameri...
How America's First Banned Book Survived and Became an Anti-Authoritarian Icon by Colleen Connolly - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/histor...
America's First Banned Book Really Ticked Off the Plymouth Puritans - https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles...
New English Canaan or New Canaan by Thomas Morton, 1637 - New York Public Library - https://www.nypl.org/events/exhibitio...
Gutman Library - Book Banning in the United States and Beyond - https://guides.library.harvard.edu/c....
A Brief History of Banned Books in America - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/histor...
Banned & Challenged Books - Book Ban Data - https://www.ala.org/bbooks/book-ban-data

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