Ungentlemanly Acts the Army's Notorious Incest Trial by Louise Barnett 2000 DJ

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Ungentlemanly Acts the Army's Notorious Incest Trial by Louise Barnett. New York. Hill and Wang. 2000. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. DJ is worn at edges. 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 post Civil War era. 287 pages.