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Dear Friends

2005·160 pages·Nonfiction

History & Politics

friendship friendship fiction

A groundbreaking presentation of rarely seen photographs, history, social observation, and pictorial analysis provides an entirely new perspective on male friendship in the nineteenth century and suggests a surprisingly broad-minded attitude toward physical intimacy between men.

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Dear Friends

Year

2005

Pages

160

Type

Nonfiction

History & Politics

Tags

friendship friendship fiction

Description

A groundbreaking presentation of rarely seen photographs, history, social observation, and pictorial analysis provides an entirely new perspective on male friendship in the nineteenth century and suggests a surprisingly broad-minded attitude toward physical intimacy between men.

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