The Overflowing of Friendship Love Between Men and the Creation of the American Republic |
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| Author:
| Godbeer, Richard |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8018-9120-5 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2009 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $41.00 |
Book Description:
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When eighteenth-century American men described 'with a swelling of the heart' their friendships with other men, addressing them as 'lovely boy' and 'dearly beloved,' celebrating the 'ardent affection' that knit their hearts in 'indissoluble bonds of fraternal love,' their families, neighbors, and acquaintances would have been neither surprised nor ......
When eighteenth-century American men described 'with a swelling of the heart' their friendships with other men, addressing them as 'lovely boy' and 'dearly beloved,' celebrating the 'ardent affection' that knit their hearts in 'indissoluble bonds of fraternal love,' their families, neighbors, and acquaintances would have been neither surprised nor ......