Get Access to Print and Digital for $23.99 per year.
Subscribe for Full Access
April 1939 Issue [Article]

On not being dead, as reported

Adjust
by ,

This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers.

Tags

20th century Absence and presumption of death Death Elmer Holmes Davis Obituaries Psychological aspects United States

More from

The Ideal State

People in Chicago will tell you that there is a happy land not far away. Sitting on the ash heap of their own miseries, they mournfully explain that just over…

Votes for emptiness

Votes for emptiness

Adjust
| View All Issues |

July 1976

| View All Issues |
Table of Contents
Close
“An unexpectedly excellent magazine that stands out amid a homogenized media landscape.” —the New York Times
Subscribe now
Close
You’ve read one of your two free articles this month. Subscribe for less than $2 an issue.
Close
You’ve read your last free article this month. Subscribe now for only $21.97 per year to continue reading.

Debug