The Story the Soldiers Wouldn't Tell
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"Lowry, a physician and medical historian, weaves a fascinating history of a little-discussed aspect (sex) of a much-discussed subject (the Civil War)." --<I>Library Journal</I> <P>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." --<I>Booklist</I> <P><LI>Explores the secret life of the men in blue and gray--from pornography, bawdy songs, and prostitution to stories of love and marriage </LI>
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