01523cam a2200373 4500 142795182 TxGeo 20130813120000.0 111212s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011050566 9780307592996 hbk. 0307592995 hbk. (OCoLC)753624757 TxGeo Lepore, Jill, 1966- The mansion of happiness : a history of life and death / Jill Lepore. 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. xxxiii, 282 p. ; 24 cm. "This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso. "Parts of this book originally appeared in The New Yorker"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references and index. A history of American ideas about life and death from before the cradle to beyond the grave. 20130813. With bookplate: Donated in memory of Joe Nix by Sue & Clark Miller. Politics and culture United States History. Life Social aspects United States History. Life (Biology) Social aspects United States History. Life cycle, Human Social aspects United States History. Death Social aspects United States History. Happiness Social aspects United States History. New Yorker. QS5