
Aberration of Mind
Suicide and Suffering in the Civil War–Era South
Diane Miller Sommerville
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 09/2018
Pages: 448
Subject: History
| University of North Carolina
Print ISBN: 9.78147E+12
eBook ISBN: 9781469643571
DESCRIPTION
Sommerville recovers previously hidden stories of individuals exhibiting suicidal activity or aberrant psychological behavior she links to the war and its aftermath. This work adds crucial nuance to our understanding of how personal suffering shaped the way southerners viewed themselves in the Civil War era and underscores the full human costs of war.
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