Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community by Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy

Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community

Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy with Madeline D. Davis

434 pages first pub 1993 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ informative slow-paced
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This ground-breaking book traces the emergence and growth of a lesbian community in Buffalo, New York, from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s. Based on thirteen years of research and drawing upon the oral histories of forty-five women, authors Kenn...

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4.19
based on 132 reviews

Moods

informative: 88%

reflective: 66%

challenging: 55%

emotional: 44%

inspiring: 33%

funny: 22%

hopeful: 22%

dark: 5%

lighthearted: 5%

sad: 5%

tense: 5%


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36% of readers chose medium
63% of readers chose slow
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