Last Rites by Todd Harra

Author:Todd Harra [Harra, Todd]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: HIS036000 HISTORY / United States / General, HIS054000 HISTORY / Social History, SOC036000 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying
Publisher: Sounds True

a The topography of old burying grounds is uneven because graves collapsed when the wooden coffins rotted, leaving depressions in the soil, causing monuments to topple, and leading to twisted ankles.

b This is the precursor to the surgeon general of the army.

c Some sources say there was a limb hanging out the window, for drying, that the boys spied. It seems unlikely, given the scrutiny the physicians were under for grave robbing, that they’d risk displaying limbs for all to see.

d John Jay, for whom the college is named and who would later become the second governor of New York; and Baron Friedrich von Steuben, Revolutionary War hero.

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