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72. SHIPS COMPANY BY WILLIAM LAURENCE COLEMAN. LITTLE BROWN, 1955. (DELL BOOKS, 1.957)

A COLLECTION OF STORIES ABOUT MEN ON THE U.S.S. NELLIE CROCKER AND SOME OF THE WOMEN THEY KNEW. THERE ARE TWO HOMOSEXUAL INCIDENTS. ONE IS THE MOST SYMPATHETIC WARM LOVE STORY BETWEEN TWO MEN I HAVE EVER READ. THE OTHER IS A LESS SYMPATHETIC BUT INTERESTING AND AMUSING STORY OF A LESBIAN BAR.

73. INTIMATE STORY BY ROSE FRANKEN.

DOUBLEDAY, 1955

THIS IS A BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN STORY OF A WIDOW WHOSE CHILDREN ARE GROWN AND MARRIED, WHO MUST ADJUST TO HER NEW LIFE OF LONELINESS. SHE BECOMES FRIENDS WITH A YOUNG LESBIAN PLAYWRIGHT WHO HAS RECENTLY LOST HER LOVER. NOTHING CONCRETE COMES OF THIS FRIENDSHIP BUT THE WIDOW MAKES AN IMPASSIONED PLEA FOR ACCEPTANCE AND SYMPATHY FOR FEMALE HOMOSEXUALS WHEN HER DAUGHTER SCOFFS AT THEM.

74. THE GOLDEN JUNGLE BY WILLIAM HOWARD HARRIS. DOUBLEDAY, 1.957.

BRITTLE NOVEL ABOUT A WALL STREET BROKER AND HIS WORLD. HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE IS A LESBIAN UNBEKNOWNST TO ALL. HE NAIVELY BELIEVES HER FAITHFUL BECAUSE SHE PREFERS THE COMPANY OF WOMEN. HER DENOUMENT IS HIS ENTRANCE INTO HER BOUDOIR UNANNANOUNCED. THEY DIVORCE AND HER FATE IS NOT DISCLOSED.

75. JANE BY PHYLLIS BOTTOME. VANGUARD, 1957.

THE LIFE OF A STREET URCHIN IN ENGLAND. THE PERIOD SPENT

IN A GIRLS REFORMATORY IS ENTIRELY LESBIAN.

76. LOUISVILLE SATURDAY BY MARGARET LONG. RANDOM HOUSE, 1950

THIS IS A COLLECTION OF INTERELATED STORIES OF WOMEN IN WARTIME. THE LESBIAN INCIDENTS ARE IN TWO CHAPTERS ENTITLED "GLADYS".