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Rebel at large : the diary of Confederate deserter Philip Van Buskirk

Author: Van Buskirk, Philip C. (Philip Clayton), 1833-1903.
Title: Rebel at large : the diary of Confederate deserter Philip Van Buskirk / edited and with and introduction by B. R. Burg.
Format: Book
Description: ix, 180 pages ; 23 cm
Other contributors: Burg, B. R. (Barry Richard), 1938-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary: 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 hitorians, in particular, will find much valuable source materials. -- provided by publisher.
Subject headings: Van Buskirk, Philip C. (Philip Clayton), 1833-1903--Diaries. Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Diaries.
Kinsey subjects: Biographies of homosexuals--Male Sex behavior in the military--Male
ISBN: 9780786442935