{"product_id":"at-days-close-paperback-by-a-roger-ekirch","title":"At Days Close Paperback by A Roger Ekirch","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                            \n                                \n                                    \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                                    \u003cul\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eWW Norton\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2006-10-17)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e480\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780393329018\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e447.93\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e8.25 x 5.5 x 1.25\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                                    \u003cbr\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Remarkable.… Ekirch has emptied night's pockets, and laid the contents out before us.\" —Arthur Krystal, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBringing light to the shadows of history through a \"rich weave of citation and archival evidence\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e), scholar A. Roger Ekirch illuminates the aspects of life most often overlooked by other historians—those that unfold at night. In this \"triumph of social history\" (\u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e), Ekirch's \"enthralling anthropology\" (\u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e) exposes the nightlife that spawned a distinct culture and a refuge from daily life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFear of crime, of fire, and of the supernatural; the importance of moonlight; the increased incidence of sickness and death at night; evening gatherings to spin wool and stories; masqued balls; inns, taverns, and brothels; the strategies of thieves, assassins, and conspirators; the protective uses of incantations, meditations, and prayers; the nature of our predecessors' sleep and dreams—Ekirch reveals all these and more in his \"monumental study\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e) of sociocultural history, \"maintaining throughout an infectious sense of wonder\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n                                    \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA. Roger Ekirch\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of history at Virginia Tech and the award-winning author of At Day’s Close, Birthright, and American Sanctuary. He lives in Roanoke, Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                            \n                            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44913554817185,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780393329018","price":24.69,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780393329018.jpg?v=1745921943","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/at-days-close-paperback-by-a-roger-ekirch","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}