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To: dighton; Saundra Duffy; general_re; hellinahandcart; Poohbah; BlueLancer
Another similar scandal in another red state but without, IIRC, murder.

Boys Of Boise: Furor, Vice, And Folly In An American City

Author: Gerassi, John; Introduction: Boag, Peter
\< Columbia Northwest Classics; Paperback 360 pages Published: November 2002 University of Washington Press ISBN: 0295981679

Written in 1965, this book is an account of a 1950s sex scandal in Boise, Idaho, USA in which dozens of homosexual men were arrested. The foreword places the book in historical perspective, summarizing the popular psychological theories and legal conceptions that helped to shape Gerassi's research.

28 posted on 02/19/2003 3:56:57 PM PST by aculeus
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To: aculeus
Boise, Idaho?!!!! My husband was born and grew up there. I'll have to look into that book. Thanks for the post. I'm going to tell my hubby about this.
29 posted on 02/19/2003 4:13:31 PM PST by Saundra Duffy
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