Literature Suppressed on Social Grounds (Banned Books)

Front Matter......Page 2
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
Works Discussed in This Volume......Page 14
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn......Page 24
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes......Page 28
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer......Page 30
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland......Page 32
The Amboy Dukes......Page 34
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language......Page 36
Am I Blue?......Page 38
And Still I Rise......Page 41
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl......Page 42
Annie On My Mind......Page 44
Another Country......Page 47
Aphrodite......Page 49
Appointment in Samarra......Page 51
As I Lay Dying......Page 54
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin......Page 56
The Autobiography of Malcolm X......Page 58
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman......Page 60
Baby Be-Bop......Page 62
The Basketball Diaries......Page 67
Being There......Page 70
The Bell Jar......Page 72
The Best Short Stories by Negro Writers......Page 75
Black Like Me......Page 78
Bless The Beasts and Children......Page 81
Blubber......Page 83
Brave New World......Page 86
Bridge to Terabithia......Page 89
Cain's Book......Page 91
Camille......Page 94
The Canterbury Tales......Page 96
Captain Underpants (Series)......Page 99
Catch-22......Page 103
The Catcher in the Rye......Page 105
The Chocolate War......Page 109
A Clockwork Orange......Page 113
The Color Purple......Page 116
Cujo......Page 119
Daddy's Roommate......Page 122
A Day No Pigs Would Die......Page 125
Deliverance......Page 127
New Dictionary of American Slang......Page 130
Doctor Dolittle (Series)......Page 131
Dog Day Afternoon......Page 133
Down These Mean Streets......Page 136
Dracula......Page 138
The Drowning of Stephan Jones......Page 141
East of Eden......Page 143
Elmer Gantry......Page 145
End as a Man......Page 148
Esther Waters......Page 151
Fahrenheit 451......Page 154
Fallen Angels......Page 156
A Farewell to Arms......Page 160
Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying......Page 164
The Fixer......Page 166
Fruits of Philosophy: The Private Companion of Married Couples......Page 168
Gargantua and Pantagruel......Page 171
Gentleman's Agreement......Page 174
The Giver......Page 177
Go Ask Alice......Page 183
Gone With the Wind......Page 186
Gorillas in the Mist......Page 189
Go Tell It On the Mountain......Page 191
Grendel......Page 193
Heather Has Two Mommies......Page 195
A Hero Ain't Nothing But a Sandwich......Page 197
Howl and Other Poems......Page 199
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings......Page 201
In the Night Kitchen......Page 203
Invisible Man......Page 205
Jake and Honeybunch Go to Heaven......Page 208
James and the Giant Peach......Page 212
Jaws......Page 214
Junky (Originally, Junky: Confessions of an Unredeemed Drug Addict)......Page 215
King & King......Page 217
Kingsblood Royal......Page 223
Last Exit to Brooklyn......Page 225
Leaves of Grass......Page 229
Little Black Sambo......Page 232
Little House on the Prairie......Page 236
Little Red Riding Hood......Page 237
Lord of the Flies......Page 240
Manchild in the Promised Land......Page 242
Married Love......Page 245
My House......Page 247
The Naked Ape......Page 248
Naked Lunch......Page 250
Nana......Page 253
Never Love a Stranger......Page 256
Of Mice and Men......Page 258
Of Time and the River......Page 262
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest......Page 265
Ordinary People......Page 267
The Ox-Bow Incident......Page 270
The Red Pony......Page 271
The Scarlet Letter......Page 273
A Separate Peace......Page 276
Sister Carrie......Page 279
Soul on Ice......Page 280
Steppenwolf......Page 283
Strange Fruit......Page 285
Stranger in a Strange Land......Page 288
The Sun Also Rises......Page 292
To Have and Have Not......Page 294
To Kill a Mockingbird......Page 297
Unlived Affections......Page 299
We All Fall Down......Page 303
Welcome to the Monkey House......Page 308
The Well of Loneliness......Page 311
Whale Talk......Page 314
Working People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do......Page 319
A World I Never Made......Page 321
Biographical Profiles......Page 326
Works Discussed in Other Volumes of This Series......Page 369
Index......Page 390