Taming Lust: Crimes Against Nature in the Early Republic (Early American Studies)

Synopsis

This Fascinating History Examines The Circumstances Of Two Elderly New Englanders Who Were Prosecuted And Executed 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. The Sisyphean Battle Against Bestiality -- The Unlikely Prosecutions Of John Farrell And Gideon Washburn -- Sexual Crisis In The Age Of Revolution -- Fearful Rulers In Anxious Times -- Puritan Twilight In The New England Republics. Doron S. Ben-atar And Richard D. Brown. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 151-198) And Index.