Pg. 99: Susan Matt's "Homesickness: An American History"

The current feature at the Page 99 Test: Homesickness: An American History by Susan J. Matt. About the book, from the publisher: 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 Civil War soldiers