

Unruly Desires
American Sailors and Homosexualities in the Age of Sail
Author: William Benemann
Narrator: Rich Miller
Unabridged: 10 hr 58 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 05/03/2022
Categories: Nonfiction, Social Science, Lgbtq+ Nonfiction, History, Social History
Synopsis
Drawing from biographies and autobiographies, diaries, newspapers, government reports, Congressional hearings, religious tracts, pornography, ships' logs, medical treatises, maritime fiction, court-martial reports, personal letters and business correspondence, Benemann provides an in-depth examination of nineteenth century LGBTQ culture as it developed at sea and in America's port cities.