{"product_id":"the-daring-life-and-dangerous-jonathan-ned-katz-9781641605168","title":"The Daring Life and Dangerous Times of Eve Adams","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"On these pages, Eve Adams rises up, loves, rebels--her times, eerily resembling our own.\" \u003c\/b\u003e--Joan Nestle, cofounder of the Lesbian Herstory Archives and author of \u003ci\u003eA Restricted Country\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e - 2022 Lambda Literary Awards Finalist \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistorian Jonathan Ned Katz uncovers the forgotten story of radical lesbian Eve Adams and her long-lost book Lesbian Love \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn Chawa Zloczewer into a Jewish family in Poland, Eve Adams emigrated to the United States in 1912, took a new name, befriended anarchists, sold radical publications, and ran lesbian-and-gay-friendly speakeasies in Chicago and New York. Then, in 1925, Adams risked all to write and publish a book titled \u003ci\u003eLesbian Love\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Adams's bold activism caught the attention of the young J. Edgar Hoover and the US Bureau of Investigation, leading to her surveillance and arrest. Adams was convicted of publishing an obscene book and of attempted sex with a policewoman sent to entrap her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Adams was jailed and then deported back to Europe, and ultimately murdered by Nazis in Auschwitz. In \u003ci\u003eThe Daring Life and Dangerous Times of Eve Adams\u003c\/i\u003e, acclaimed historian Jonathan Ned Katz has recovered the extraordinary story of an early, daring activist.\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarefully distinguishing fact from fiction, Katz presents the first biography of Adams, and the publisher reprints the long-lost text of Adams's rare, unique book \u003ci\u003eLesbian Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Ned Katz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1641605162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781641605168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Chicago Review Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/18\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2021 pg. 15","brand":"Jonathan Ned Katz","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44050110906623,"sku":"9781641605168","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9495da78-9ff1-454e-9851-ff1a2ee03560.jpg?v=1685005285","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-daring-life-and-dangerous-jonathan-ned-katz-9781641605168","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}