Ungentlemanly Acts: The Army's Notorious Incest Trial
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ISBN: 0809073978 / Publisher: Hill & Wang Pub, February 2000
A fascinating chronicle of an 1879 Texas courtmartial, in which Captain Andrew Geddes was tried and...
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A fascinating chronicle of an 1879 Texas courtmartial, in which Captain Andrew Geddes was tried and convicted for accusing a fellow officer of committing incest, offers revealing insights into attitudes toward sex, parental rights, and privacy in the postCivil War era.
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