Cover of At Day's Close

At Day's Close

by A. Roger Ekirch, Roger A. Ekirch

2006 480 pages eng

Of particular interest to me, this book details the pre-industrial sleep pattern of segmented sleep, in particular describing "first sleep" followed by a period of "watch" and subsequently "second sleep". A Library of Congress webcast featuring the author discussing his book (http://www.loc.gov…

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