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In the fall of 1916, America prepares for war--but in the town of Tamarack Lake, the focus is on the sick. Wealthy tubercular patients live in private cure cottages; charity patients, mainly immigrants, fill the large public sanatorium. From within their isolated community,... Read Full Overview

In fall 1916, Americans debate whether to enter the European war. "Preparedness parades" march and headlines report German spies. But in an isolated community in the Adirondacks, the danger is barely felt. At Tamarack Lake the focus is on the sick. Wealthy tubercular patients... Read Full Overview

In the fall of 1916, America prepares for war--but in the community of Tamarack Lake, the focus is on the sick. Wealthy tubercular patients live in private cure cottages; charity patients, mainly immigrants, fill the large public sanatorium. Prisoners of routine, they take solace... Read Full Overview

In the autumn of 1916, Americans are debating whether to enter the First World War. There are "preparedness parades," and headlines report German spies. But in an isolated community in the Adirondacks in upstate New York, the danger is barely felt. At Tamarack Lake the focus... Read Full Overview

Autumn 1916. America is preparing to enter WWI but at Tamarack State Hospital the danger is barely felt. Here in the crisp mountain air where wealthy tuberculosis patients recover in private cottages and charity patients mostly European migr s fill the sanatorium time stands... Read Full Overview