Description
Book SynopsisA classic account of a 1950s sex scandal that depicts middle America's traditional response to homosexuality
Trade Review"Written in 1965 about a same-sex sexual scandal that occurred in 1955 in Boise, Idaho, John Gerassi's classic study depicts both middle America's traditional response to homosexuality and an era in the country's history before the modern gay rights movement really got underway. Because much of what Gerassi wrote about persists in today's struggles over gay and lesbian issues, his book still has much to tell us about how contemporary society reacts to, and misunderstands, homosexuality." - from the new Foreword by Peter Boag
Table of ContentsForeword to the 2001 Paperback Edition
Preface to the 2001 Paperback Edition
Introduction to the original Edition
Chronology
Crush the Monster
The Repairman and the Banker
The Client
The Boys
From Whores to Adults
High Eagle
The Curtain Falls
The First Day of Reckoning
The homosexual and the Analyst
The Gay World
The murderer and the West Point Cadet
Public Poverty and Private Power
Mormons, Negros and Birchers
The second day of reckoning
“The Communist Plot”
The Trial-Round One
The Trial-Round Two
The Trial-Round Three and Knockout!
Conclusion
Appendix A: Motion for Withholding Judgment
Appendix B: Motion for New Trial
Appendix C: Smith’s Affidavit
Appendix D: Dr. Butler’s Affidavit
Appendix E: The Prejudice of the Press
Appendix F: The Uninspected Confession
Index
