First Person, 3rd Sex
Sloane Britain
‘It isn’t easy, being a les. You live and love in a twilight world, and you learn the rules the hard way.’
Very well-written novel of Paula Harman, young school-teacher coming to terms with her life as a lesbian through bitter experience. Don’t let the lurid paperback covers and blurb scare you off, this is a NOVEL–well worth hard covers and a steal at 35ยข
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‘This is the keen and penetrating story of a young school teacher, sensitive and beautiful, who struggles to find her own version of happiness in the lush jungle of the 3rd sex.’
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Details
| Genre | Pulp; Fiction; Checklist by Marion Zimmer Bradley |
| Copyright Date | 1959 |
| Publication Date | Sep-59 |
| Publisher | Newsstand Library |
| Format | Mass Market Paperback |
| No. of Pages | 191 |
| Notes | Newsstand Library U119
GRIER *** After publishing First Person, Newsstand Books was busted; in 1960 the post office claimed nineteen of their titles were ‘nonmailable.’ First Person, 3rd Sex was listed, as were two other lesbian-themed books, Veil of Torment (1959) and Fear of Incest (1959) by March Hastings (real name Sally Singer). On October 4, 1960, in Washington, D.C., Hearing Examiner Jesse Be. Messitte heard the case against Newsstand Books. Saul J. Mindel spoke on behalf of the Post Officer testifying the books were ‘obscene, lewd, lascivious and indecent.’ After reading the books, Messitte denounced eighteen as obscene and nonmailable, including those by Sloane Britain and March Hastings. ~ de la Croix, St. Sukie (2012). Chicago Whispers: A History of LGBT Chicago before Stonewall, University of Wisconsin Press. p.191 |
| Language | English |
| Rating | Great |
| Cover Artist | Robert Bonfils |
| Subject | Lesbians – Fiction |
| BookID | 4036 |
