The Smut Peddlers
Kilpatrick
1960
Submitter: This time capsule was found at my small local library. I was hoping for some racy pictures, but was disappointed to only find it filled with legal information. What I did find interesting to see what people thought were obscene in 1950’s. The birth of a lamb? How seedy, LOL. I am sure this book would have some use in a research or academic library. But a small public library?
Holly: The back cover (pictured below), says that Mr. Kilpatrick investigated mail-order “smut” by receiving shipments under three pseudonyms. Of course he did. For “research.”
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