When you write about post-Civil War America it’s impossible not to bump up against war wounds. John Weldon in The House on Tenafly Road is addicted to morphine, given his first dose in a Civil War hospital by well-meaning doctors trying to keep him comfortable before his eventual death–which never happens. He escapes in his…
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Books I’ve Known And Loved
What a wild mix of science and spiritualism this book is! If you’re ever looking for ways to avoid growing up or getting married Mollie Fancher’s story will give you age-old ideas that work! Here’s what you do: Trip over something and begin to develop odd symptoms. Weird muscle spasms, paralysis, loss of appetite and…
Would you trust this man with your little secret?
Found this ad in the Army Navy Journal published just after the end of the Civil War. What were you soldiers getting up to? I wonder….bad boys.
