Story the Soldiers Wouldn't Tell: Sex in the Civil War

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

Author: Thomas P. Lowry
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: 02/23/2012
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9780811711531
ISBN10: 0811711536
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- Psychology | Human Sexuality (see also Social Science | Human Sexuality)
- History | Social History

About the Author
Thomas P. Lowry, M.D. retired from medicine--he was a was a physician and psychiatrist for forty years--to write historical human interest stories like this one.

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