{"product_id":"book-6272","title":"Secret Historian","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawn from the secret, never-before-seen diaries, journals, and sexual records of the novelist, poet, and university professor Samuel M. Steward, \u003cem\u003eSecret Historian \u003c\/em\u003eis a sensational reconstruction of one of the more extraordinary hidden lives of the twentieth century. An 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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 the material for an exceptionally compassionate and brilliantly illuminating life-and-times biography. More than merely the story of one remarkable man, \u003cem\u003eSecret Historian \u003c\/em\u003eis a moving portrait of homosexual life long before Stonewall and gay liberation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49312720191792,"sku":"BD6272","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49312720224560,"sku":"ZE6272","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49312720257328,"sku":"ZM6272","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/6272-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775694557","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-6272","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}