About the Author

LOCHLAINN SEABROOK, winner of the prestigious Jefferson Davis Historical Gold Medal, is a popular Civil War scholar, Bible authority, and libertarian-conservative historian who has written and edited nearly 100 books in numerous genres, from history, politics, and science, to nature, religion, and the paranormal. Known as the "American Robert Graves" and the "Southern Joseph Campbell" for his many works on spirituality, mythology, thealogy, and theology, Seabrook is a seventh generation Kentuckian of Appalachian heritage, a Kentucky Colonel, a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, the sixth great-grandson of the Earl of Oxford, and a descendant of numerous Goddess-worshiping European kings and queens. His adult and children's books have introduced hundreds of thousands to truths that have been left out of our mainstream books. Seabrook has a forty-five year background in American history, Southern history, and Bible studies, and is the author of the international blockbuster, "Everything You Were Taught About the Civil War is Wrong, Ask a Southerner!"

Reviews

"One of the many things I love about Aphrodite's Trade: The Hidden History of Prostitution Unveiled is that it teaches without prejudice, without malice, without cattiness. Written in a straight-forward manner and with true integrity, its deep insights into human nature make it easy to relate to. . . . This is the first book I've ever read that provides a holistic history of prostitution, from its beginnings as a survival mechanism in the mists of prehistory to its culmination in the 21st Century as a commercialized business. . . . Mr. Seabrook, a conservative-libertarian Christian, sees himself as following in the footsteps of others from this group who favored decriminalizing prostitution; namely Saint Augustine and the founder of The National Review, William F. Buckley, Jr." - XAVIERA HOLLANDER, author of the worldwide bestseller The Happy Hooker.
"I'm thrilled with such a positive writing on women in the trade. Historians have always been the underpinnings of COYOTE's efforts to repeal the prohibition which puts all women in fear of the stigma and keeps us separated and unable to vote as a block to gain our freedom. Whores, housewives and lesbians and all those in between will be empowered by such a work as Aphrodite's Trade. - MARGO ST. JAMES, founder of COYOTE and founder and director emeritus of St. James Infirmary.
"The only book of its kind. Much needed and highly recommended!" - NORMA JEAN ALMODOVAR, author of Cop to Call Girl, and founder of ISWFACE.
"Excellent research, bold writing. Bravo! If only we had more works like Aphrodite's Trade, an enlightened society might have decriminalized prostitution by now. This is a book that everyone with an interest in sex workers' rights and women's rights should have on their shelf." - CAROL LEIGH, author of Unrepentant Whore and a founding member of ACT UP.
"Female prostitutes are truly the foot soldiers of the women's liberation movement. Cheers to author Lochlainn Seabrook for defending them so respectfully and for helping to dispel the many myths surrounding Aphrodite's Trade." - DOLORES FRENCH, author of Working: My Life as a Prostitute and founder of HIRE.