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Title: Young Man from the Provinces: A Gay Life Before Stonewall

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Paperback, 1997

Synopsis
This is a memoir by Alan Helms, who was reared in Indianapolis by his father, an alcoholic, and his mother, who was victimized and abused. Helms left for Columbia University in 1955, where he discovered the pre-Stonewall gay world and took on modeling and acting jobs. Traveling with the rich and arty, Helms was ultimately miserable: bulimic, drug-dependent, sexually unfulfilled, he ultimately broke down and moved to Boston, where he underwent therapy with Robert Coles. Finally healthy and able to confront the abuse of his past, Helms went on to a teaching career in New England.

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Language:        English

Size
Weight:        0.7 Pounds
Height:         8.8 Inches
Width:          5.8 Inches
Thickness:    1 Inches



Publisher Notes
Returning to print, this insider¦s view of pre-Stonewall high class homosexual lifestyles retraces the author¦s journey from his backwards Midwestern town to Manhattan in the 1950s. Reprint.



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Book Details Summary: The title of this book is Young Man from the Provinces: A Gay Life Before Stonewall and it was written by Alan Helms. This edition of Young Man from the Provinces: A Gay Life Before Stonewall is in a Paperback format. This books publish date is July 2003 and it has a suggested retail price of $16.95. There are pages in the book and it was published by Univ of Minnesota Pr. The 10 digit ISBN is 0816642680 and the 13 digit ISBN is 9780816642687. For the most current lowest price, Click Here.