Journey back Inside The Blanket Fort as we explore another new SIU Press title: Sudden Deaths in St. Louis: Coroner Bias in the Gilded Age by Sarah E. Lirley.
Late nineteenth-century St. Louis was a hotbed for grisly deaths with a variety of causes. The fascinating Sudden Deaths in St. Louis explores the lives of the deceased, as well as their families, communities, press coverage of the events, and the coroners themselves. .
