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Letters from an Atheist Nation: Godless Voices of America in 1903
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At the close of the Golden Age of Freethought comes this collection of letters from everyday Americans pr…more

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Mimi V
i enjoyed this collection of atheist/agnostic/freethinker letters. the best part of the book, to me, was the beginning, with its bio of Charles Chilton Moore, a Kentuckian who was the publisher of the Blue Grass Blade, which published the letters. he was an outspoken man with firm convictions that frequently got him into trouble. “godly” folks tried many times to jail him for his beliefs (succeeding at least once.) one he was charged with mailing indecent material through the postal service for ...more
Mark
Oct 05, 2011 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
With the growth in people coming out as atheist / non-believers these days and the higher profile that our section of society is garnering, we sometimes forget that there are many who have walked this road before us. This book is a reminder that we are not the first. Whilst it is always great to hear from Dawkins, Hitchens and going back further Russell and Ingersoll, to me these are the real voices. The voices that could be our grandfathers, uncles and ourselves. And for me that alone would be ...more
Meg
Feb 24, 2013 marked it as to-read