Story the Soldiers Wouldn't Tell

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

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: 02/23/2012
ISBN: 9780811711531
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d