High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Henry “Harry” Falkenau (Jan. 14, 1864, New York City - Jan. 1, 1907, Coloma, Michigan) of Chicago, Illinois was a musician, music critic and bibliophile who operated an antique book shop at 167 Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois specializing in Americana, first editions, as well as metaphysics. He was also an early defender of Walt Whitman’s poetry, taking a First Amendment stand against censorship soon after Leaves of Grass was declared obscene in 1882.