{"product_id":"the-devil-s-prayer-book-william-lloyd-clark-1915","title":"The Devil’s Prayer Book — William Lloyd Clark (1915)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Devil’s Prayer Book; or, An Exposure of Auricular Confession as Practiced by the Roman Catholic Church\u003c\/em\u003e is William Lloyd Clark’s sharply polemical early twentieth-century tract on the Catholic confessional.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished in Milan, Illinois, this seventh-edition text presents Clark’s attack on auricular confession as an appeal to “husbands, fathers and brothers.” Its sensational title, engraved eye emblem, and confrontational rhetoric place it squarely within the anti-Catholic pamphlet culture of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeyond its controversial argument, the work survives as a revealing artifact of American religious conflict, Protestant nativism, print propaganda, and the culture of inexpensive reform pamphlets in the years before the First World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Holographic Pagan Press edition restores the striking original cover on clean white card stock and presents the text as a handmade large-format volume with a black cloth tape-bound spine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach physical copy is printed, assembled, and finished by hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is a newly prepared Holographic Pagan Press edition and not an original antique copy.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Devil’s Prayer Book; or, An Exposure of Auricular Confession as Practiced by the Roman Catholic Church\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e William Lloyd Clark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal publication:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1915, seventh edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal place of publication:\u003c\/strong\u003e Milan, Illinois\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrinter named on cover:\u003c\/strong\u003e Grant W. Baker, Shelbyville, Indiana\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength:\u003c\/strong\u003e 64 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormats:\u003c\/strong\u003e Handmade physical book or digital PDF\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical dimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.5 × 11 inches\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCover:\u003c\/strong\u003e White card stock with black printing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Black cloth tape-bound spine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e Black-and-white\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition publisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Odd Enough Books \/ Holographic Pagan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition design:\u003c\/strong\u003e C.K. Lee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Newly produced\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHistorical Note\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe text contains strongly anti-Catholic arguments and reflects the religious prejudices and polemical culture of its period. It is reproduced as a historical document and not as an endorsement of those views.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Holographic Pagan Press","offers":[{"title":"Physical Book","offer_id":52640674414874,"sku":"HPP-DEVILS-PRAYER-BOOK-1915-PHYS","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"PDF","offer_id":52640674447642,"sku":"HPP-DEVILS-PRAYER-BOOK-1915-PDF","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0807\/9048\/7322\/files\/the-devils-prayer-book-william-lloyd-clark-hpp-product-photo.png?v=1786065514","url":"https:\/\/oddenoughbooks.com\/products\/the-devil-s-prayer-book-william-lloyd-clark-1915","provider":"Odd Enough Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}