After retiring from a four-decade career in medicine, Lowry--assisted by a new wife, Beverly--shifted in the 1990s to writing non-fiction historical works, the majority of which have dealt with the American Civil War period.
After retiring from a four-decade career in medicine, Lowry--assisted by a new wife, Beverly--shifted in the 1990s to writing non-fiction historical works. He has published more than 20 books in this genre, the majority of which deal with the American Civil War period.