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Death in Early America
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Pages: 268
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On title page: The history and folklore of customs and superstitions of early medicine, funerals, burials, and mourning.
Mortal Remains
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Pages: 264
Authors: Nancy Isenberg
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-07-05 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

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Mortal Remains introduces new methods of analyzing death and its crucial meanings over a 240-year period, from 1620 to 1860, untangling its influence on other f
Original Death
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Authors: Eliot Pattison
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-08-01 - Publisher: Catapult

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“Edgar–winner Pattison combines action, period details, and a whodunit with ease in his impressive third mystery set in Colonial America.” —Publishers W
Burial and Death in Colonial North America
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This book explores the relationship and organization of 17th Century burial landscapes within their associated settlements and the wider setting of colonial nor
Death in the New World
Language: en
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Authors: Erik R. Seeman
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-09-28 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

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Reminders of death were everywhere in the New World, from the epidemics that devastated Indian populations and the mortality of slaves working the Caribbean sug