Urn:oclc:8921008 Republisher_date 20140520011019 Republisher_operator Scandate 20140509062334 Scanner . 1922 James Fugat published the novel Quatrefoil and other works under the pseudonym James Barr, an alias he also used in his work as an activist in the.

It is known for being the first modern book to portray homosexuality in a positive way. A brash young naval officer faces court-martial for standing up to a lazy officer in the closing days of World War II. O元147733W Page_number_confidence 93.22 Pages 400 Ppi 500 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0932870163 Quatrefoil: A Modern Novel, sometimes called Quatrefoil, is a novel about gay men written in 1950 by James W.

Urn:lcp:quatrefoilnovel00barr_0:epub:f367712a-4f8a-4239-987c-08850e1355d8 Extramarc Brown University Library Foldoutcount 0 Identifier quatrefoilnovel00barr_0 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t5m92vs5p Invoice 11 Isbn 9781555830168ġ555830161 Lccn 95197301 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary OL904024M Openlibrary_edition First Alyson printing of one of the first modern books to portray homosexual characters positively written by James Fugate, under the pseudonym James Barr. Urn:lcp:quatrefoilnovel00barr_0:lcpdf:02c70a72-03fa-4a4b-9868-fbbaeb126c55 The story is centered on Phillip Froelich, a 23-year-old naval officer and scion of a very wealthy family, and the life-altering consequences of accepting the offer of a ride to Seattle from Tim Danelaw when Phillip is unable to get a seat on the bus. For readers of the Fifties, it was a rare chance to counteract the negative imagery that surrounded them. It marked a milestone in gay writing, with two of the first non-stereotyped gay characters to appear in American fiction. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 20:26:29 Boxid IA1117621 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City Boston Donorīostonpubliclibrary Edition New Alyson ed., with epilogue. So begins Quatrefoil, a novel originally published in 1950.

Quatrefoil by James Barr