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001 2009043086
003 DLC
005 20110421083758.0
008 091020s2010 nyuaf b 001 0beng
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100 1 $aSpring, Justin,$d1962-
245 10 $aSecret historian :$bthe life and times of Samuel Steward, professor, tattoo artist, and sexual renegade /$cJustin Spring.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bFarrar, Straus and Giroux,$c2010.
300 $axv, 478 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $aDrawn from the secret diaries and journals of novelist, poet, and university professor Samuel M. Steward, this is a reconstruction of one of the more extraordinary hidden lives of the twentieth century. An intimate friend of Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, and Thornton Wilder, Steward maintained a secret sex life from childhood on, documenting his experiences in vivid (and often very funny) detail. After leaving academe to become tattoo artist Phil Sparrow, Steward worked closely with Alfred Kinsey on his landmark sex research. During the early 1960s, Steward changed his identity once again, this time to write exceptionally literate, upbeat homosexual pornography as Phil Andros. An archive of his papers, lost since his death in 1993, has provided biographer Justin Spring with the material for an illuminating life-and-times biography. More than merely the story of one remarkable man, this is a moving portrait of gay life long before gay liberation.--From publisher description.
600 10 $aSteward, Samuel M.
650 0 $aAuthors, American$y20th century$vBiography.
650 0 $aPoets, American$y20th century$vBiography.
650 0 $aNovelists, American$y20th century$vBiography.
650 0 $aGay authors$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aCollege teachers$zIllinois$zChicago$vBiography.
650 0 $aTattoo artists$zNew York (State)$zNew York$vBiography.
650 0 $aSexology$xResearch$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aPornography$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1003/2009043086-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1003/2009043086-d.html
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1108/2009043086-s.html