Secret Historian : The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade

English

ISBN: 0374281343

EAN: 9780374281342

Category: Biography & Autobiography / Literary/Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / General/Psychology / Human Sexuality/Art / Body Art & Tattooing/Biography & Autobiography / General/Social Science / Pornography/Biography & Autobiography / Educators/Social Science / Gay Studies/

Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Release Date: 05/31/2010

Synopsis: Drawn from the secret, never-before-seen diaries, journals, and sexual records of the novelist, poet, and university professor Samuel M. Steward, Secret Historianis a sensational 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, and documented these experiences in brilliantly vivid (and often very funny) detail. After leaving the world of academe to become Phil Sparrow, a tattoo artist on Chicagos notorious South State Street, Steward worked closely with Alfred Kinsey on his landmark sex research. During the early 1960s, Steward changed his name and identity once again, this time to write exceptionally literate, upbeat pro-homosexual pornography under the name of Phil Andros. Until today he has been known only as Phil Sparrow - but an extraordinary archive of his papers, lost since his death in 1993, has provided Justin Spring with the material for an exceptionally compassionate and brilliantly illuminating life-and-times biography. More than merely the story of one remarkable man, Secret Historianis a moving portrait of homosexual life long before Stonewall and gay liberation. Secret Historianis a 2010 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction.

Awards: Lambda Literary Awards – null  National Book Awards – null  New York Times Notable Books of the Year – null  Publishing Triangle Awards – null  Stonewall Book Awards – null 

Secret Historian : The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Hardcover

Height: 1.58 inches

Width: 6.38 inches

Length: 9.14 inches

Weight: 0.35 oz

Pages: 496