Were you always a Criminal? 0915480182
A rare book of gay history, with an introduction by Charles ("Charley") Shively.
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English Pages 88 [97] Year 1989
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WERE YOU ALWAYS
A CRIMINAL? by Freddie Greenfield
WERE YOU ALWAYS
A CRIMINAL?
FREDDIE GREENFIELD
Fag Rag Books Boston, 1989
special thanks to George Dimsey for editing and helping make most of the selections for this book and
no less appreciative thanks to Fag Rag staff, Charley Shively, Siong Huat Chua and Mike Riegle for the nitty gritty aspect, typesetting, layout, proofreading and of course their sharply attuned collective ear to my particular sound. Added thanks to Bruce McLay for technical assistance. Siong Huat and Chris Pomiecko formatted and laid out the pages.
Mug shot on back cover and cover design by Chris Pomiecko
Fag Rag Books Box 331 Kenmore Station Boston MA 02215
© Copyright 1989 Freddie Greenfield ISBN 0-915480-18-2
TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction by Charley Shively 1. Beyond Hebraic ABC’s 2. Save the Good Boy! Save the Good Boy!
V
3.
Forget About Micky Finn and The Jockey.
11
4.
... A Sadly Mistaken Lie Dickie’s Word Against Anybody’s
15
$90 A Likely Tip
18 19 20
5. 6.
7. 8. 9.
Swell
3 9
17
Orangeburg to Macon And So Forth Light on His Feet Grind Store Agent with a capital ‘F’ Those Young Spanish Queans
23
33
14.
Crook Meanwhile
15.
Never Passed a Fix Up Never Passed
10. 11.
12. 13.
25 28 31 36
a Fix Up
39
16.
Right From The Can Itself
42
17.
47
19.
and Fish Gotta Fly Saltier Today Three Years Six Months and Nine Days
20.
Something Else Entirely
55
21.
In Other Words
62
22.
Clean, Clean as a Whistle
64
Both Dead and Buried 24. Amusements of America 25. Around Town Jack 26. Joe Busa 27. Somewhere Else 28. Yes Doctor Yes Doctor 29. Cold Shook and shot 30. Same Trainers 31. I Mean That Was Fun 32. Steve Poulas’ Punk
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23.
Ill
51 52
68 70 72 75
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