AUTHOR'S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
There are so many people who had a hand in this book.
I need to thank Alexis Hall for his encouragement and support during the writing and editing process.
Also thanks to Ruthie Knox and Mary Ann Rivers for working really closely with me throughout.
I have had the pleasure and privilege to work with many great historians, but I need to mention two:
Peter Cline, who first introduced me to queer history and thought I had important things to say about it. I like to think he would have found this book and his hand in it delightful.
And Shirley Lim, who pushed me to see photographs as the key to unlocking a queer history of working-class people in the United States.
