Bundling; Its Origin, Progress and Decline in America
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Bundling was an important part of American courting life, enjoyed by all good country maids and men and blessed by honest folk. During the nineteenth century, many elders clothed bundling in a licentious mantle, and a dark veil was drawn over the subject. Henry Reed Stiles, no believer in the theory that objectionable portions of history should be kept in the shadows, here defrocks these misconceptions and sheds light on this lost American custom and its origins. This book was banned in Boston in 1872.
Chapters (19)
- BUNDLING;
- Its Origin, Progress and Decline In America. BY HENRY REED STILES, M.D.,
- AUTHOR OF HISTORY OF BROOKLYN, HISTORY OF WINDSOR, CT., ETC.
- TO MY ESTEEMED FRIEND, DEACON JABEZ H. HAYDEN, OF WINDSOR LOCKS, CONNECTICUT,
- This Essay,
- PREFATORY.
- BUNDLING.
- THE BRITISH ISLES.
- WALES.
- IN HOLLAND,
- LOVE AND COURTSHIP IN THE 14TH CENTURY.
- IN SWITZERLAND,
- SAVAGE NATIONS
- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
- THE NEW ENGLAND STATES,
- APPENDIX I.
- APPENDIX II.
- INDEX.
- FOOTNOTES.
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