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Better Angels: A Retelling of Bayard Taylor's "Joseph and His Friend: A Pennsylvania Story

By Wayne Goodman
Narrated by: Wayne Goodman
Unabridged — 8 hours, 17 minutes
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By Wayne Goodman
Narrated by: Wayne Goodman
Unabridged — 8 hours, 17 minutes
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Joseph Asten, a handsome, 23-year-old farmer living in the Allegheny River Valley shortly after the Civil War, secretly longed for intimacy and love with other men. He devised a misguided plan to marry a woman who knew of his “dual nature” then his life took some unexpected, fateful turns.

Bayard Taylor's "Joseph and His Friend: A Pennsylvania Story" is considered the first American Gay novel. Originally published in 1869 as a serial in "The Atlantic," the author could not relate the story o...