Male-Male Intimacy in Early America - 9781560233442

Taylor & Francis

This single volume provides a comprehensive overview of the role of male homosexuality in the early years of American history. Honored as a 2007 Stonewall Book Award nonfiction selection, Male-Male Intimacy in Early America brings together hard-to-find information that has until now been widely scattered in journals and archives across the country, using personal letters, diaries, court records, and contemporary publications to examine the role of homosexual activity in the lives of American men in the Colonial period and in the early years of the new republic. > \nPreviously hard-to-find information on homosexuality in early Americanow in a convenient single volume!\n\nFew of us are familiar with the gay men on General Washington\u2019s staff or among the leaders of the new republic. Now, in the same way that Alex Haley\u2019s Roots provided a generation of African Americans with an appreciation of their history, Male-Male Intimacy in Early America: Beyond Romantic Friendships wix