The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast, Volume 1

About this film

LibriVox recording of The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast, Volume 1 by William Cowper Brann. Read in English by William Allan Jones; Rita Boutros; Brett Boone; Michele Fry; Josh Kibbey; Jim Gallagher; Brian Keenan; Betsy Walker; Scotty Smith; Greg Giordano; VoiceofLandis; tovarisch; Stefan Von Blon; Cornel Nemes; Lucretia B. 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, dre…

Directors & creators

William Cowper Brann

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;brann; iconoclast; waco

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