<h1>Episode Notes</h1>
<p>At the beginning of the 20th century, Richmond native James Branch Cabell was a little known author, even though he had already published eleven books. So nobody really expected his twelfth book -- <em>Jurgen</em> – to cause much of a splash. At least until it caught the eye of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice.</p>

Episode Notes At the beginning of the 20th century, Richmond native James Branch Cabell was a little known author, even though he had already published eleven books. So nobody really expected his twelfth book -- Jurgen – to cause much of a splash. At least until it caught the eye of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice.

Episode Notes
<p>At the beginning of the 20th century, Richmond native James Branch Cabell was a little known author, even though he had already published eleven books. So nobody really expected his twelfth book -- <em>Jurgen</em> – to cause much of a splash. At least until it caught the eye of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice.</p>

Week of Jan 12: A Virginia author's book is banned

Sure, Virginia history includes big moments, big battles, and big names. But the richer history is full of smaller events occurring in the fullness of time. The disenfranchised, the nonconformists, and just regular people making Virginia history. Week in, week out. This Week in Virginia History explores those stories, curated by Nathan Moore and culled from the vast archives at Encyclopedia Virginia.

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