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Rebel at Large: The Diary of Confederate Deserter Philip Van Buskirk

Rebel at Large: The Diary of Confederate Deserter Philip Van Buskirk - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Philip Van BuskirkAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2009-09-11Pages:190
Language:EnglishPublisher:McFarland & CompanyISBN-13:9780786442935ISBN-10:078644293XUPC:9780786442935Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Military, United StatesBook Topic:Civil War Period (1850-1877), State & LocalSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SC9Q21VJYZ

This diary is one of the most unusual produced during the Civil War because it contains very little about military life. Early in the war Van Buskirk abandoned his regiment, working as a schoolmaster, farmhand, and casual laborer. He wrote of the suffering civilians endured at the hands of contending armies. But he also found time to chronicle his fascination with handsome young lads he encountered during his life as a deserter--unwittingly providing modern readers an illuminating glimpse of class differences and sexual mores. Naval, social and sexual historians, in particular, will find much valuable source material.

Language:EnglishPublisher:McFarland & CompanyISBN-13:9780786442935ISBN-10:078644293XUPC:9780786442935Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Military, United StatesBook Topic:Civil War Period (1850-1877), State & LocalSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SC9Q21VJYZ
B.R. Burg is a professor of history at Arizona State University and has written extensively on the sexuality among seafarers and the sexual abuse of children. He lives in Fort Worth, Texas.
Publisher: McFarland & Company

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