Taming Lust: Crimes Against Nature In The Early Republic (Early American Studies)

This fascinating history examines the circumstances of two elderly New Englanders who were prosecuted and sentenced to death 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.

• | Author: Doron S. Ben-Atar, Richard D. Brown
• | Publisher: University Of Pennsylvania Press
• | Publication Date: Dec 15, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 216 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/History
• | ISBN-10: 0812223756
• | ISBN-13: 9780812223750