{"product_id":"secret-historian-the-life-and-times-of-samuel-steward-professor-tattoo-artist-and-sexual-renegade-paperback","title":"Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJustin Spring\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2010 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrawn from the secret, never-before-seen diaries, journals, and sexual records of the novelist, poet, and university professor Samuel M. Steward, \u003ci\u003eSecret Historian \u003c\/i\u003eis a sensational reconstruction of one of the more extraordinary hidden lives of the twentieth century. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn intimate friend of Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, and Thornton Wilder, Steward maintained a secret sex life from childhood on, and documented these experiences in brilliantly vivid (and often very funny) detail. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter leaving the world of academe to become Phil Sparrow, a tattoo artist on Chicago's notorious South State Street, Steward worked closely with Alfred Kinsey on his landmark sex research. During the early 1960s, Steward changed his name and identity once again, this time to write exceptionally literate, upbeat pro-homosexual pornography under the name of Phil Andros. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUntil today he has been known only as Phil Sparrow--but an extraordinary archive of his papers, lost since his death in 1993, has provided Justin Spring with the material for an exceptionally compassionate and brilliantly illuminating life-and-times biography. More than merely the story of one remarkable man, Justin Spring's\u003ci\u003e Secret Historian \u003c\/i\u003eis a moving portrait of homosexual life long before Stonewall and gay liberation.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJustin Spring\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer specializing in twentieth-century American art and culture, and the author of many monographs, catalogs, museum publications, and books, including \u003ci\u003eFairfield Porter: A Life in Art \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePaul Cadmus: The Male Nude\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 512\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.35 x 8.29 x 5.65 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 19, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44442232848486,"sku":"9780374533021","price":43.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/VzhHVGRWQVBjL1FRa0JRUmFaaUpadz09.webp?v=1770601917","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/secret-historian-the-life-and-times-of-samuel-steward-professor-tattoo-artist-and-sexual-renegade-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}