Taming Lust: Crimes Against Nature in the Early Republic (Early American Studies)

by Doron S. Ben-Atar (Author), Richard D. Brown (Author)

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2016
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This fascinating history examines the circumstances of two elderly New Englanders who were prosecuted and sentenced to death for bestiality at the turn of the eighteenth century. Their astonishing cases become a springboard to examine the Enlightenment Era political and religious turmoil of the region.

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This fascinating history examines the circumstances of two elderly New Englanders who were prosecuted and sentenced to death for bestiality at the turn of the eighteenth century. Their astonishing cases become a springboard to examine the Enlightenment Era political and religious turmoil of the region.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 216
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
Published: 15 Dec 2016
ISBN 10: 0812223756
ISBN 13: 9780812223750