The biography of the collector of sexual folklore, cataloger of erotica, and tireless social critic Gershon Legman, whose singular, disreputable resume made him a counter-cultural touchstone.

List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
Chapter One: The Stranger
Chapter Two: Sex Researcher
Chapter Three: Kinsey's Bibliographer
Chapter Four: Love & Death
Chapter 5: Neurotica
Chapter Six: Advanced Studies
Chapter Seven: "The Ballad" and The Horn Book
Chapter Eight: The Key to the Fields
Chapter Nine: The Hell Drawer
Chapter Ten: Under Mt. Cheiron
List of Works Consulted
Unpublished Works
Interviews
Archives of Papers and Letters

Susan G. Davis is professor emerita of Communication and Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She is the author of Parades and Power: Street Theatre in Nineteenth-Century Philadelphia and Spectacular Nature: Corporate Culture and the Sea World Experience.