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Godbeer, Richard.

The overflowing of friendship love between men and the creation of the American republic / [electronic resource] : Richard Godbeer. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009. - xii, 254 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-246) and index.

"The friend of my bosom": a Philadelphian love story -- "A settled portion of my happiness": friendship, sentiment, and eighteenth-century manhood -- "The best blessing we know": male love and spiritual communion in early America -- "A band of brothers": fraternal love in the Continental Army -- "The overflowing of friendship": friends, brothers, and citizens in a republic of sympathy.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.






Men--History--United States--18th century.
Male friendship--History--United States--18th century.


United States--Social life and customs--1775-1783.


Electronic books.

HQ1090.3 / .G63 2009eb

305.310973/09033
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