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  1. The Boys of Boise: Furor, Vice and Folly in an American City (Columbia Northwest Classics)
    The Boys of Boise: Furor, Vice and Folly in an American City (Columbia Northwest Classics)

  2. Against the Law: The Classic Account of a Homosexual in 1950s Britain (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 50th Anniversary List)
    Against the Law: The Classic Account of a Homosexual in 1950s Britain (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 50th Anniversary List)

  3. The Gay Metropolis
    The Gay Metropolis

  4. Farm Boys: Lives of Gay Men from the Rural Midwest
    Farm Boys: Lives of Gay Men from the Rural Midwest

  5. Midlife Queer: Autobiography of a Decade, 1971-81 (Living Out: Gay & Lesbian Autobiographies)
    Midlife Queer: Autobiography of a Decade, 1971-81 (Living Out: Gay & Lesbian Autobiographies)

  6. Queer Frontiers: Millennial Geographies, Genders and Generations
    Queer Frontiers: Millennial Geographies, Genders and Generations

  7. Something Inside: Conversations with Gay Fiction Writers
    Something Inside: Conversations with Gay Fiction Writers

  8. Widescreen Dreams: Growing Up Gay at the Movies (Living Out: Gay & Lesbian Autobiographies)
    Widescreen Dreams: Growing Up Gay at the Movies (Living Out: Gay & Lesbian Autobiographies)

  9. Outbound: Finding a Man, Sailing an Ocean
    Outbound: Finding a Man, Sailing an Ocean

  10. Surviving Madness: A Therapist's Own Story (Living Out: Gay & Lesbian Autobiographies)
    Surviving Madness: A Therapist's Own Story (Living Out: Gay & Lesbian Autobiographies)

  11. Body Blows: Six Performances (Living Out: Gay & Lesbian Autobiographies)
    Body Blows: Six Performances (Living Out: Gay & Lesbian Autobiographies)

  12. Abstract Expressionism: Other Politics
    Abstract Expressionism: Other Politics

  13. Courtly Desire and Medieval Homophobia: The Legitimation of Sexual Pleasure in "Cleanness" and Its Contexts
    Courtly Desire and Medieval Homophobia: The Legitimation of Sexual Pleasure in "Cleanness" and Its Contexts

  14. The Trials of Oscar Wilde: Deviance, Morality and Late-Victorian Society
    The Trials of Oscar Wilde: Deviance, Morality and Late-Victorian Society

  15. A History of Gay Literature: The Male Tradition
    A History of Gay Literature: The Male Tradition

  16. Out on the Stage: Lesbian and Gay Theatre in the Twentieth Century
    Out on the Stage: Lesbian and Gay Theatre in the Twentieth Century

  17. Male Impersonators: Men Performing Masculinity
    Male Impersonators: Men Performing Masculinity

  18. Stages of Desire: Gay Theatre's Hidden History (Lesbian & Gay Studies)
    Stages of Desire: Gay Theatre's Hidden History (Lesbian & Gay Studies)

  19. Found Wanting: Women, Christianity and Sexuality (Women on Women S.)
    Found Wanting: Women, Christianity and Sexuality (Women on Women S.)

  20. Drag: History of Female Impersonation in the Performing Arts (Sexual Politics)
    Drag: History of Female Impersonation in the Performing Arts (Sexual Politics)

  21. James Whale: A Biography (Lesbian and Gay Studies Series)
    James Whale: A Biography (Lesbian and Gay Studies Series)

  22. Straight Acting: Popular Gay Drama from Wilde to Rattigan (Lesbian & Gay Studies)
    Straight Acting: Popular Gay Drama from Wilde to Rattigan (Lesbian & Gay Studies)

  23. A Trouser-wearing Character: Life and Times of Nancy Spain (Sexual Politics)
    A Trouser-wearing Character: Life and Times of Nancy Spain (Sexual Politics)

  24. The Wilde Century: Oscar Wilde, Effeminacy and the Queer Moment
    The Wilde Century: Oscar Wilde, Effeminacy and the Queer Moment

  25. Skills Training for Counselling (Counsellor Trainer & Supervisor Seriesw)
    Skills Training for Counselling (Counsellor Trainer & Supervisor Seriesw)

The Boys of Boise: Furor, Vice & Folly in an American City (Columbia Northwest Classics)
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    The Boys of Boise: Furor, Vice & Folly in an American City (Columbia Northwest Classics)
    John G. Gerassi
    Manufacturer: University of Washington Press
    ProductGroup: Book
    Binding: Paperback

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    ASIN: 0295981679

    Book Description

    "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 On the morning of November 2, 1955, the people of Boise, Idaho, were stunned by a screaming headline in the Idaho Daily Statesman, THREE BOISE MEN ADMIT SEX CHARGES. Time magazine picked up the story, reporting that a "homosexual underworld" had long operated in Idaho's staid capital city. The Statesman led the hysteria that resulted in dozens of arrests--including some highly placed members of the community--and sentences ranging from probation to life imprisonment. Peter Boag's Foreword places the book in historical perspective, summarizing the popular psychological theories and legal conceptions that helped to shape Gerassi's research. He discusses advances in Idaho's public approach to homosexuality and ways in which the provincialism chronicled by Gerassi persists to this day.
    The Boys of Boise: Furor, Vice and Folly in An American City
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      The Boys of Boise: Furor, Vice and Folly in An American City
      John Gerassi
      Manufacturer: Macmillan
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      Binding: Hardcover
      ASIN: B000L2NZUY
      The Boys of Boise; Furor, Vice and Folly in an American City (Signed By Author)
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        John Gerassi
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        Binding: Hardcover
        ASIN: B000QDVAU0
        Boys of Boise : Furor, Vice and Folly in an American City
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          Boys of Boise : Furor, Vice and Folly in an American City
          John Gerassi
          Manufacturer: MacMillan Co.
          ProductGroup: Book
          Binding: Hardcover
          ASIN: B000O6L8EC
          The Boys of Boise: Furor, Vice and Folly in An American City
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            The Boys of Boise: Furor, Vice and Folly in An American City
            John Gerassi
            Manufacturer: Macmillan 1967
            ProductGroup: Book
            Binding: Paperback
            ASIN: B000MCM4GY
            The Boys of Boise; Furor, Vice and Folly in an American City (Signed By Author)
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              The Boys of Boise; Furor, Vice and Folly in an American City (Signed By Author)
              John Gerassi
              Manufacturer: MACMILLAN
              ProductGroup: Book
              Binding: Hardcover
              ASIN: B000QABPBM

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