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Albert Parry Albert
Parry was the author
of the landmark
1933 book called, Tattoo, Secrets
of a Strange Art
as Practised by
the Natives of
the United States,
the cover of which
is shown below.
I have used this
book as a major
historical source
for many years;
it is complete
with a great index.
Parry's book caused
a sensation when
it was published
and many reviews
and excerpts were
printed in magazines
such as Esquire,
American Mercury,
Modern Mechanic
and Scientific
American. Most
of these reviews
focused on the
startling revelation
that tattooing
and sex were connected
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'Freudian
terminology to tattooing He interviewed
a vast number of tattooists then
alive, and like many journalists,
accepted the tales they told him
without any attempt at verification.
His book so infuriated the few
tattoo artists literate enough
to read it and understand what
he was saying that one and all
denounced him for doing their art
a great disservice. The fact remains
that time has proved a large number
of Parry's conclusions to be sound,
and his book remains a milestone
in the general literature of tattooing."