Lowry Md Thomas P (37 results)

Hardback. Condition: Fair. The men in blue and gray had a secret life, one that they and their families tried to hide from posterity. In the American Civil War, apparently there was no sex. But of course there was, and Dr. Thomas P. Lowry reveals this hidden dimension of the lives of Johnny Reb and Billy Yank, lives that included pornographic books and photographs, bawdy songs and dirty jokes, prostitution (sometimes legalized), homosexuality, and rape. Frequently ribald, often hilarious, this book is nonetheless a very serious study of Civil War soldiers and their attitudes on a subject just as constantly on their minds as on our own.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. The men in blue and gray had a secret life, one that they and their families tried to hide from posterity. In the American Civil War, apparently there was no sex. But of course there was, and Dr. Thomas P. Lowry reveals this hidden dimension of the lives of Johnny Reb and Billy Yank, lives that included pornographic books and photographs, bawdy songs and dirty jokes, prostitution (sometimes legalized), homosexuality, and rape. Frequently ribald, often hilarious, this book is nonetheless a very serious study of Civil War soldiers and their attitudes on a subject just as constantly on their minds as on our own.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Over three million young men left home, shouldered rifles, and set about killing one another in the 1860s. Behind, they left wives and sweethearts. The 50,000 books about the war have told us in meticulous detail about the strategy, tactics, weapons, uniforms, canteens, famous generals, religious beliefs, personality quirks, fortifications, battles, sieges, gunboats, medical care, and recruiting policies. The causes of the war have been endlessly analyzed. The surviving veterans wrote hundreds of memoirs, sometimes inflating their own heroism and importance. What rarely appears in this literature is any mention of sex, in spite of most soldiers being in their early twenties, a time of manly vigor. The late 19th century brought the ascendancy of Victorian prudishness and hypocrisy. The Comstock laws sent men to prison for mailing contraceptive advice. Just advice Whatever willingness there might have been to reveal wartime hanky-panky evaporated in the tenor of the time and the admiring gaze of the veteran's growing grandchildren. The following scene would be unimaginable: the old veteran sits by the stove in the country store. His long white beard covers his tattered vest. A faded medal graces his chest. On the floor are the shavings from his most recent whittling. A tiny child pipes up: Tell us about the war, grandpa. Well, Jimmy, there was this pretty little whore in Memphis. Never happen. Material collected twenty years ago resulted in the author's 1994 book, The Story the Soldiers Wouldn't Tell - Sex in the Civil War, which presented everything that was then known on the subject. There had been no previous book on Civil War sex. Since then, the author and his wife, Beverly, have read over 90,000 court-martials and countless letters and diary entries. What emerges is that sexual activity was far more common and public than our previous research or any memoir had ever revealed. The records come from literally every corner of the country: Key West, Washington Territory, Los Angeles, and Maine. The malfeasants are both officers and enlisted men. The victims range from six-year girls to sixty-year old grandmothers. The soldiers carried with them lewd books and obscene photos. Even more striking is the universality of houses of prostitution. Every village and every city neighborhood has at least one such-and everybody knew it. They knew the addresses of the houses. They knew the names of the madams and the names of many of the girls. Most of the witnesses for the trials had visited the houses, for the usual reasons. The military police tramped through the houses, looking for deserters. Rape, thought to be rare during the war, was not that rare. An unexpected finding was that Union soldiers, who were supposedly freeing the slaves, were quick to rape black women. An even more surprising finding was that the Confederate army had a policy of not prosecuting rapists, whether the victim was black or white. The inventor of the Graham cracker had, in 1834, written a book claiming that masturbation caused severe illness, even death. This idea had taken root in the medical profession and many army doctors testified that a defendant was not guilty because of insanity from self-abuse. The Union army's largest hospital listed dozens men, dead from masturbation. The famous ship Monitor had a thick iron turret. In other such ships, the sound-proof turret proved a convenient place for old sailors to rape young boys. A Union cavalry colonel was tried for sexually assaulted both men and women. Evidence for Civil War homosexuality was unknown until now. Even more astonishing stories appear in the records: sex with horses, sheep, even with chickens and turkeys. There are records of obscene tattoos, foul cursing by Winfield Scott Hancock, black and white mistresses of Confederate generals, even many records of fornication and bastardy in the little village of Gettysburg. Ads for abortion clinics appeared on the front pages of newspaper. …

Hardback. Condition: Good.

Hardback. Condition: Fair.

Hardback. Condition: Fair. The men in blue and gray had a secret life, one that they and their families tried to hide from posterity. In the American Civil War, apparently there was no sex. But of course there was, and Dr. Thomas P. Lowry reveals this hidden dimension of the lives of Johnny Reb and Billy Yank, lives that included pornographic books and photographs, bawdy songs and dirty jokes, prostitution (sometimes legalized), homosexuality, and rape. Frequently ribald, often hilarious, this book is nonetheless a very serious study of Civil War soldiers and their attitudes on a subject just as constantly on their minds as on our own.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. The men in blue and gray had a secret life, one that they and their families tried to hide from posterity. In the American Civil War, apparently there was no sex. But of course there was, and Dr. Thomas P. Lowry reveals this hidden dimension of the lives of Johnny Reb and Billy Yank, lives that included pornographic books and photographs, bawdy songs and dirty jokes, prostitution (sometimes legalized), homosexuality, and rape. Frequently ribald, often hilarious, this book is nonetheless a very serious study of Civil War soldiers and their attitudes on a subject just as constantly on their minds as on our own.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Over three million young men left home, shouldered rifles, and set about killing one another in the 1860s. Behind, they left wives and sweethearts. The 50,000 books about the war have told us in meticulous detail about the strategy, tactics, weapons, uniforms, canteens, famous generals, religious beliefs, personality quirks, fortifications, battles, sieges, gunboats, medical care, and recruiting policies. The causes of the war have been endlessly analyzed. The surviving veterans wrote hundreds of memoirs, sometimes inflating their own heroism and importance. What rarely appears in this literature is any mention of sex, in spite of most soldiers being in their early twenties, a time of manly vigor. The late 19th century brought the ascendancy of Victorian prudishness and hypocrisy. The Comstock laws sent men to prison for mailing contraceptive advice. Just advice Whatever willingness there might have been to reveal wartime hanky-panky evaporated in the tenor of the time and the admiring gaze of the veteran's growing grandchildren. The following scene would be unimaginable: the old veteran sits by the stove in the country store. His long white beard covers his tattered vest. A faded medal graces his chest. On the floor are the shavings from his most recent whittling. A tiny child pipes up: Tell us about the war, grandpa. Well, Jimmy, there was this pretty little whore in Memphis. Never happen. Material collected twenty years ago resulted in the author's 1994 book, The Story the Soldiers Wouldn't Tell - Sex in the Civil War, which presented everything that was then known on the subject. There had been no previous book on Civil War sex. Since then, the author and his wife, Beverly, have read over 90,000 court-martials and countless letters and diary entries. What emerges is that sexual activity was far more common and public than our previous research or any memoir had ever revealed. The records come from literally every corner of the country: Key West, Washington Territory, Los Angeles, and Maine. The malfeasants are both officers and enlisted men. The victims range from six-year girls to sixty-year old grandmothers. The soldiers carried with them lewd books and obscene photos. Even more striking is the universality of houses of prostitution. Every village and every city neighborhood has at least one such-and everybody knew it. They knew the addresses of the houses. They knew the names of the madams and the names of many of the girls. Most of the witnesses for the trials had visited the houses, for the usual reasons. The military police tramped through the houses, looking for deserters. Rape, thought to be rare during the war, was not that rare. An unexpected finding was that Union soldiers, who were supposedly freeing the slaves, were quick to rape black women. An even more surprising finding was that the Confederate army had a policy of not prosecuting rapists, whether the victim was black or white. The inventor of the Graham cracker had, in 1834, written a book claiming that masturbation caused severe illness, even death. This idea had taken root in the medical profession and many army doctors testified that a defendant was not guilty because of insanity from self-abuse. The Union army's largest hospital listed dozens men, dead from masturbation. The famous ship Monitor had a thick iron turret. In other such ships, the sound-proof turret proved a convenient place for old sailors to rape young boys. A Union cavalry colonel was tried for sexually assaulted both men and women. Evidence for Civil War homosexuality was unknown until now. Even more astonishing stories appear in the records: sex with horses, sheep, even with chickens and turkeys. There are records of obscene tattoos, foul cursing by Winfield Scott Hancock, black and white mistresses of Confederate generals, even many records of fornication and bastardy in the little village of Gettysburg. Ads for abortion clinics appeared on the front pages of newspaper. …

Hardback. Condition: Fair.

Hardback. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. FIRST EDITION/7TH PRINTING quarter-bound in black cloth over straw-colored boards, plates, biblio., index, 209pp. O'Keefe 1468. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Sex, pornography and homosexuality in the Civil War. Includes material on Annie Jones, who may have been a lover of General Judson Kilpatrick, Custer, and possibly J.E.B. Stuart. Author contends that Kilpatrick became so jealous of her time with Custer, he filed charges of treason against her, for which she stood trial. A unique Custeriana item. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A very good hardcover in a very good dust jacket. No markings.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. 1st Edition. Dark blue and tan paper-covered boards, lettered in gold foil. As issued. Color pictorial dust jacket Near Fine with minor surface rubbing, now in mylar. 1st ptg. xiv,258 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hard cover. Condition: New in new dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 235 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.

Hard cover. Condition: New in new dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 235 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good hardcover copy with dustjacket, 209 pp, some B/W photographs. *Dustjacket is somewhat wrinkled and some stains on dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good hardcover copy with dustjacket, 209 pp, some B/W photographs. *Dustjacket is somewhat wrinkled and some stains on dustjacket.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. xiv, 209p., very good first edition in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dj. With a short section on homosexuality.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Printing. With a foreword by Robert K. Krick. Gray cloth with black lettering on spine, maroon covers. 209 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. "Don't Shoot That Boy!" describes about 500 instances where President Lincoln decided the fate of men sentenced for crimes including, desertion, spying, rape, etc. and how Lincoln saved many soldiers from the firing squad. Notes. Bibliography. 320 pp. As new hardcover in a as new, mylar covered, dust jacket. Stated first edition. First printing with full number line. Always carefully packaged and shipped quickly, often same day. …

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. The men in blue and gray had a secret life, one that they and their families tried to hide from posterity. In examining the letters and diaries and memoirs that were left behind, readers see every dimension of soldier life but one. In the American Civil War, apparently there was no sex. But of course there was, and in "The Story the Soldiers Wouldn't Tell," Dr. Thomas P. Lowry reveals the hidden dimension. Most men left no record of their sexual activities, or if they did, their survivors expunged the record by destroying what the soldiers wrote. Using the few rare original documents that still exist, along with perceptive interpretation of official sources, Lowry has resurrected the secret life of the common soldier. Notes. Bibliography. Illustrated. New hardcover in a new, mylar covered, dust jacket. Always carefully packaged and shipped quickly, often same day.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Hardcover with no DJ in very good condition. Covers are clean and glossy. Bound with glossy pink paper over boards, black lettering on the spine and front cover. Pages are crisp and clean. No number line. Copyright page is dated 1997. 100 pages. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front free end paper. Includes a map of the mentioned locations. Please contact us with questions or if you would like to see photographs. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. Later printing. Fine in bright, crisp dust jacket uncommon variant with naked woman on the front panel. INSCRIBED, SIGNED, AND DATED "GETTYSBURG/ 4TH OF JULY". Later printing. Hardcover, 209 pp. with index, bibliography. Illustrated. Using the few rare original documents touching on the subject along with a perceptive interpretation of official sources, Lowry resurrects the sexual lives of common soldiers and officers on both sides of the Civil War. Beneath the surface (and almost never talked about) lurked issues of pornography, prostitution, homosexuality, venereal disease, rape. Sometimes ribald and often hilarious, Dr. Lowry's book is an original in Civil War studies. Signed.…

paperback. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. First edition. ISBN 0811716031. Hardback. First Printing. Near Fine Condition book in a Near Fine Condition Dustjacket. Tight, bright, attractive copy with no markings to the book. Copy Two.

ISBN 0-8117-1537-X. Hardback. First Printing. Near Fine Condition book in a Near Fine Condition Dustjacket. Tight, bright, attractive copy with no markings to the book. Copy Two.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. FLAT SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 209 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.