The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast, Volume 1


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William Cowper Brann earned the nickname “The Iconoclast” by fearlessly attacking established beliefs and institutions which he thought to be pompous and self-serving. He settled in the wild and wooly West Texas town of Waco in the late 1800s as a newspaper man - first as a writer and then as owner of newspaper he named “The Iconoclast”. During this period, Catholics and Protestants were duking it out over the soul of Texas and there was even further sectarian strife among Protestants. Brann wrote prolifically and aired his Politically Incorrect views with vigor and colorful language.

Described as a “slouch-hatted, gun-toting, beer-drinking, woman-worshiping man,” he assailed Baptists, Prohibition, blacks and universities as though engaged in a life-or-death gunfight; and actually he was killed in a gunfight at age 43. After he was shot in the back, drew his own gun and killed the man who had bushwacked him AND THEN walked directly to the jail before dying the next morning.
He wrote entertaining, elevated prose; but occasionally colored his stories with barnyard terminology. Despite his blatant chauvinism, his voice was a reaction against many of the societal extremes of the day. ( William Jones ) (0 hr 37 min)

Chapters

Introduction and Preface 31:04 Read by William Allan Jones
Ch.1 Potiphar's Wife 41:17 Read by William Allan Jones
Ch.2 Charity 17:03 Read by William Allan Jones
Ch.3 The Seven Vials Of Wrath 19:53 Read by Rita Boutros
Ch.4. A Story Of The Sea 14:26 Read by Brett Boone
Ch.5 Apostle vs Pagan, Letter to Col. Robert Ingersoll 12:18 Read by Michele Fry
Ch.6. The Cow 10:24 Read by Josh Kibbey
Ch.7. Christian England In India 16:11 Read by Michele Fry
Ch.8. Man's Immortality 5:18 Read by Jim Gallagher
Ch.9 Evolution or Revolution 17:33 Read by Michele Fry
Ch.10 The Woman Thou Gavest Me 11:06 Read by William Allan Jones
Ch.11 Christ Comes To Texas 26:54 Read by William Allan Jones
Ch.12. Bradley-Martin Bal-Masque 25:11 Read by Rita Boutros
Ch.13 A Pilgrimage To Perdition 20:19 Read by Michele Fry
Ch.14. The Platonic Friendship Fake 7:33 Read by Brian Keenan
Ch.15. Tiens Ta Foi 4:57 Read by Betsy Walker
Ch.16. Thomas Carlyle 21:53
Ch.17. Requiescat In Pace 5:39
Ch.18. Coronation Of The Czar 15:35
Ch.19. Throwing Stones At Christ 8:48 Read by Brian Keenan
Ch.20. Looking Backward 15:48 Read by Rita Boutros
Ch.21. Are Women Devoid Of Desire? 25:15 Read by Rita Boutros
Ch.22. Hypnotic Power Of Her 7:01 Read by Brian Keenan
Ch.23. Victor Hugo's Immortality 16:40 Read by Michele Fry
Ch.24. The Science Of Kissing 10:45 Read by William Allan Jones
Ch.25. The New South 4:51 Read by VoiceofLandis
Ch.26 Dogmatism, The Mother of Doubt 16:26 Read by Michele Fry
Ch.27. An Unprofitable Controversy 6:07 Read by Rita Boutros
Ch.28. Garters And Amen Groans 12:21 Read by Brian Keenan
Ch.29. Life And Death 18:27 Read by tovarisch
Ch.30. The Garden Of The Gods 6:02 Read by VoiceofLandis
Ch.31. Woman's Wickedness 22:40 Read by Rita Boutros
Ch.32. Talmage The Turgid 10:13 Read by William Allan Jones
Ch.33. Nude Art At Chicago 5:39 Read by William Allan Jones
Ch.34. There's One Comes After 8:47 Read by Jim Gallagher
Ch.35. Poor Old Texas 4:58 Read by Stefan Von Blon
Ch.36. The Seventh Commandment 28:23 Read by William Allan Jones
Ch.37 Optimism vs. Pessimism 11:01 Read by Michele Fry
Ch.38. Adam And Eve 21:18 Read by Cornel Nemes
Ch.39. Working Fashion's Fools 7:15 Read by Greg Giordano
Ch.40. The Public Pedagogue 46:13 Read by Lucretia B.
Ch.41. Puffery Of The Press 4:05 Read by Josh Kibbey
Ch.42. The Bike Bacillus 11:10 Read by William Allan Jones
Ch.43. Evidences Of Man's Immortality 27:25 Read by Jim Gallagher
Ch.44. The Professional Reformer 9:20 Read by Brian Keenan
Ch.45. Trilby And The Trilbyites 24:09 Read by William Allan Jones
Ch.46 Balaam's Ass 41:50 Read by William Allan Jones