# Take the Young Stranger by the Hand, Vol. 1

By **John Donald Gustav-Wrathall**

- ISBN-13: 9780226907840
- Series: [Chicago Series On Sexuality History And Society Ser](https://mybookbandits.com/series/chicago-series-on-sexuality-history-and-society-ser)
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 274
- Published: 1 Oct 1998

## About this book

The history of American gender and sexuality is examined here through a case study of the YMCA, the organization devoted to young men. The social history of the YMCA has been filled with strife, tragedy and irony, reflecting the struggle and shifting societal mores about masculine friendship and intimacy. In the 19th-c

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