Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
9.8
Points
9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
45700
Points per Word
0.000197
Page Count
160
Points per Page
0.05625
Description
This examination of gay and lesbian life in the United States since the colonial period discusses the Kinsey study, the McCarthy witch hunts of the 1950s, the Beat generation, gay marriage, and other related topics.