An American seafarer in the age of sail : the erotic diaries of Philip C. Van Buskirk, 1851-1870 /

Philip Van Buskirk enlisted in the U.S. Marines in 1846, when he was twelve years old. Beginning in 1851, he recorded his thoughts and experiences on board ship, providing a firsthand account of the countries he visited, the brawling nation in which he lived, and the everyday life and homoerotic exp...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Burg, B. R. (Barry Richard), 1938- (Author), Van Buskirk, Philip C. (Philip Clayton), 1833-1903 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [1994]
Subjects:
Van Buskirk, Philip C. > (Philip Clayton), > 1833-1903 > Diaries.
Van Buskirk, Philip C. > (Philip Clayton), > 1833-1903
United States. > Navy > Sea life > History > 19th century.
United States. > Navy
1800-1899
Sailors > United States > Diaries.
Erotic literature, American.
Marins > États-Unis > Journaux intimes.
Littérature érotique américaine.
TRANSPORTATION > General.
Armed Forces > Sea life
Erotic literature, American
Sailors
Seafaring life
United States
diaries.
Diaries
History
Diaries.
Journaux intimes.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Drummer Van Buskirk
  • Wandering
  • The solitary vice
  • Seafaring scholar
  • Pure love and true
  • A drummer's life
  • Ganymede at sea
  • To understand women
  • With Perry in Japan
  • Boys at home
  • Watching Annapolis
  • Civil War
  • Peacetime warrior
  • Continuing on.

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