Things Our Ancestors Didn t Want To Talk About

When I started doing serious research for Shenandoah again I naturally started with books I either already owned, that I was familiar with, and that were common in this area. Many of these books are old--as in late 19th century through the 1920's--but are still popular enough that they get reprinted every few years or so. Which is nice, except they leave out quite a lot. And I'm starting to think that maybe what it leaves out were things not discussed in "polite" company in those days--with the... read more

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