The Flash Press

Introduction  
 
Part I.  The Flash Press
1  Beginnings: Rivalry and Satire  
2  Sexual Politics    
3  Trials and Tribulations  
4  Legacies  
 
Part II.  Flash Press Excerpts
1  Purposes
“Revival of the Whip,” Whip, October 15, 1842.

2  Libertinism
“The Conspiracy against the Rake,” Rake, September 3, 1842.
“Whoredom in New York,” Whip and Satirist of New-York and Brooklyn, April 9, 1842.
“An Avowal of Love,” Weekly Rake, July 30, 1842.

3  Brothel Life
“Destruction of the National Theatre,” Dixon’s Polyanthos, June 6, 1841.
“The Frail Fair,” Whip, August 6, 1842.
“The Princess Julia’s Ball,” Whip, January 14, 1843.
“Lives of the Nymphs, No. 11.: Amanda Green,” Sunday Flash, October 17, 1841.
“Lives of the Nymphs.: Amanda B. Thompson and Her Attache,” True Flash, December  4, 1841.
“Our first walk about Town,” Whip, October 15, 1842.
“Scandalous,” Whip, July 30, 1842.
“The Battery Spy,” Whip, July 9, 1842.
“The beautiful and divine Elizabeth Perkins,” Flash, July 3, 1842.
“A Star,” Whip, February 11, 1843.
“The Brothel Expose,--No. 6.: Mrs. Bowen, of Church street,” Whip, July 30, 1842.

4  Heterosexuality
“Obscene Pictures,” New York Sporting Whip, February 11, 1843.
“Adultery and Fornication,” Flash, October 31, 1841.
“Sketches of Characters---No. 16.: The Chambermaid,” Whip and Satirist of New York and Brooklyn, April 9, 1842.
“Making Love in the Streets,” Whip, January 1, 1842.
“Fair Sex,” New York Sporting Whip, January 28, 1843.
“To the Editors of the Whip,” Whip and Satirist of New-York and Brooklyn, March 26, 1842.
“Marriage in High Life,” Whip and Satirist of New-York and Brooklyn, March 19, 1842.
“Masturbation,” Flash, July 10, 1842.
“Utica,” Whip, September 10, 1842.
“Philadelphia Pimps of Fame,” Flash, August [7], 1842.

5  Gossip, Vituperation, and Blackmail
“The Whip Wants to Know,” Whip and Satirist of New-York and Brooklyn, April 2, 1842.
“Spirit-Gas Scorpion,” True Flash, December 4, 1841.
“New York. City Correspondence of the Whip,” Whip, September 10, 1842.
“Madame Trust,” New York Sporting Whip, February 11, 1843.
“Madam Costello, the ‘Female Physician,’” New York Sporting Whip, February 11, 1843

6  Racism, Anti-Amalgamation
“Boz at the Five Points,” Whip and Satirist of New-York and Brooklyn, March 12, 1842.
“Baltimore,” Whip,  July 9, 1842.
“Charity Begins at Home,” Whip and Satirist of New-York and Brooklyn, April 2, 1842.

7  Homosexuality
“The Sodomites,” Whip and Satirist of New-York and Brooklyn, January 29, 1842.
“Our Arrow Has Hit the Mark,” Whip and Satirist of New-York and Brooklyn, February 5, 1842.
“Domestic Communications. A Man-Monster,” Flash, August [7], 1842.
“Domestic Communications: Monsters,”  Flash, August 14, 1842.
“A Sodomite Nabbed,” Rake, October 1, 1842.

8  Indictments
“Gallery of Rascalities and Notorieties—No. 6: Big Levy,” Sunday Flash, October 17, 1841.
“Our Indictment,” Flash, October 30, 1841.
“Our Course,” Whip, July 23, 1842

9  Sports and Theater in the Flash World
“The Ring,” Flash, September 4, 1842.
“Fight between Two Cock-Chickens, on Tuesday,” Flash, June 23, 1842.
“Canine Fancy,” Whip, November 12, 1842.
“A Day at Hoboken.—The Regatta,” Whip, November 12, 1842.
“Plays, Playhouses and their Players; or, a peep at their performances,” Weekly Rake, October 1, 1842.
“The Third Tier,” Whip and Satirist of New-York and Brooklyn, January 29, 1842.

Acknowledgments
Appendix  
Notes  
Index