Shadows in the Valley : A cultural history of illness, death, and loss in new England, 1840-1916

Shadows in the Valley : A Cultural History of Illness, Death, and Loss in New England, 1840-1916

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-246

  Swedlund, Alan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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