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Sodomites, Female Impersonators, Third-Sexers, Pansies, Queers, and Sex Morons in Chicago's First Century
By Jim Elledge
SOCIAL SCIENCE
312 Pages, 6 x 9
Formats: Cloth, PDF, Mobipocket, EPUB
Cloth, $29.99 (CA $39.99) (US $29.99)
ISBN 9781613739358
Rights: US & CA
Chicago Review Press (Jun 2018)
Overview
Reviews
"A first-rate look at the queer history of the Second City. Spanning the century between 1840 to 1940, Jim Elledege—with expert research and keen writing—has unearthed a myriad of now-forgotten people, events, and communities. That few of these people are vaguely known today—Eugen Sandow, J.C. Leydencker, Henry Gerber—only highlights the fact that so much of this material will be completely and shockingly new to readers. The Boys of Fairy Town vividly illuminates the past so we can see where we have been as we boldly move into the future." —Michael Bronski, author of A Queer History of the United States "A fascinating glimpse into the missing century of queer history in Chicago. Jim Elledge has mined vast personal correspondence and news stories from his research and woven them into an insightful tapestry. Enlightening and often quite entertaining, The Boys of Fairy Town fills a huge gap in our understanding of how we got to where we are, and reminds us that—good times or bad—we have always been fabulous!" —Victor Salvo, Executive Director, The Legacy ProjectAuthor Biography
Jim Elledge is the author of 24 books. His most recent nonfiction book, Henry Darger, Throwaway Boy: The Tragic Life of an Outsider Artist, received the Georgia Author of the Year award in biography and was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award and the Randy Shilts Award for gay nonfiction.