The Mansion of Happiness : : a History of Life and Death

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Call Number: 973 Le, Adult Book / Nonfiction / History / United States / General / Lepore, Jill
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch

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Malletts Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Nonfiction / History / United States / General / Lepore, Jill	4-week checkout	On Shelf

"This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.
"Parts of this book originally appeared in The New Yorker"--T.p. verso.
Introduction: The Mansion of Happiness -- Hatched -- Baby Food -- The Children's Room -- All about Erections -- Mr. Marriage -- Happiness Minutes -- Confessions of an Amateur Mother -- Happy Old Age -- The Gate of Heaven -- Resurrection -- Last Words -- A Chronology.
A history of American ideas about life and death from before the cradle to beyond the grave.

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Fun Essays on History from the Cradle to the Grave submitted by sdunav on June 16, 2014, 1:50pm This is a great collection of essays on history ranging from medieval ideas about conception to the origins of Time magazine and children's literature. Fascinating and well-written.

Also - board games, E.B. White (author of Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little), breastfeeding and formula, cryogenics (in Canton, MI!), the history of Planned Parenthood, eugenics, Sylvester Graham and masturbation, and lots more.

Interesting submitted by onpaper24 on August 17, 2018, 9:40pm I especially liked the progression of the chapters