| Story the Soldiers Wouldn't Tell: Sex in the Civil War Contributor(s): Lowry, Thomas P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0811711536 ISBN-13: 9780811711531 Publisher: Stackpole Books OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - Psychology | Human Sexuality (see Also Social Science - Human Sexuality) - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 973.71 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.70 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 JournalDrawing 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." --BooklistExplores the secret life of the men in blue and gray--from pornography, bawdy songs, and prostitution to stories of love and marriage |