Brushes with History: A Memoir
Jones, Selwyn
Brushes with History: A Memoir is the life story of Selwyn Jones, a homosexual man who was never closeted, and who was a writer, a traveler, an artist, a political activist, a gardener, a nude beachcomber, a calligrapher, a teacher, and a student of two distinguished European calligraphers. He spent two years in Italy in U.S. Army Air Force Intelligence during World War II, and the time he spent in Rome determined the course of his life. He ha...