It's pretty rare these days when the printed word incites controversy.
Words are indeed powerful things.
Mark Twain published Huck Finn in 1884 and was in trouble for it from the very beginning. The book was first banned only a year after its appearance by the Concord, Massachusetts Public Library - but not for its language. Some call it the greatest book ever written in America. Others call for it to be removed from libraries and required reading lists in schools. It is one of the most-banned books in America.