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Story the Soldiers Wouldn't Tell
Overview
Lowry, a physician and medical historian, weaves a fascinating history of a little-discussed aspect (sex) of a much-discussed subject (the Civil War). --Library Journal
Drawing on a wide variety of primary sources--from letters that escaped the censoriousness of their writers' descendants to court-martial reports, prostitutes' diaries, and the modest remaining examples of very immodest Victorian erotica--Lowry argues that, in spite of Victorian mores, a thoroughly normal amount of sexual activity went on under the covers and in other places during the war." --Booklist
- Explores the secret life of the men in blue and gray--from pornography, bawdy songs, and prostitution to stories of love and marriage
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780811711531
- ISBN-10: 0811711536
- Publisher: Stackpole Books
- Publish Date: February 2012
- Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.7 pounds
- Page Count: 240
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