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Excellently demonstrates the presence and utility of queer geographies in the Florida Panhandle and provides a valuable contribution as a local examination to LGBTQ studies in the state and the American South. --H-Net Interweaves the growing visibility of postwar gay life with the attendant moral panics and police regulations of public gay life. . . . An important addition to studies of gay history, tourism, and the South. --Journal of American History Mines these queer spaces effectively and fleshes out one of the more fascinating histories with his in-depth study of the Emma Jones Society. --American Historical Review Places this story in broader national, regional, and local contexts while telling touching personal stories with fascinating characters. --New Books Network Watkins' book shares with us for the first time the many firsthand accounts, in great detail, of gay men navigating a gay lifestyle in Florida's panhandle. . . . Many of the stories in the book are as entertaining as they are educational and informative. --South Florida Gay News

Watkins' book shares with us for the first time the many first hand accounts, in great detail, of gay men navigating a gay lifestyle in Florida's panhandle. . . . Many of the stories in the book are as entertaining as they are educational and informative. --South Florida Gay News

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Jerry T. Watkins III is visiting assistant professor of history at the College of William & Mary.

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