Homesickness: An American History by Susan J. Matt

Homesickness: An American History

Susan J. Matt

343 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced
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Homesickness today is dismissed as a sign of immaturity, what children feel at summer camp, but in the nineteenth century it was recognized as a powerful emotion. When gold miners in California heard the tune "Home, Sweet Home," they sobbed. When ...

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