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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