The mansion of happiness : a history of life and death
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.
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Book
Edition
1st ed.
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xxxiii, 282 pages ; 25 cm
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Oliver La Farge - Adult
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English

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General Note
"This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.
General Note
"Parts of this book originally appeared in The New Yorker"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"A history of American ideas about life and death includes coverage of topics ranging from the 17th-century Englishman who investigated a belief about life starting with eggs and the heated debates over Darwin's evolutionary findings to the role of the Space Age in changing views on planetary life to the 1970s trends in cryogenics." --Publishers description.
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A history of American ideas about life and death from before the cradle to beyond the grave.

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