Taming Lust Crimes Against Nature in the Early Republic |
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| Author:
| Ben-Atar, Doron S.
Brown, Richard D. |
| Series title: | Early American Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8122-2375-0 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2016 |
| Publisher: | University of Pennsylvania Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.