Ekirch

"It makes perfect sense if you accept the premise that segmented sleep was the dominant form of slumber before the Industrial Revolution," Ekirch said.

An insomniac learns to make the most of getting the least sleep Laura Hambleton 2011

A. Roger Ekirch tells the true story in his book "Birthright," and he joins us from member station WVTF in Roanoke, Virginia.

'Birthright': The Astonishing Story Behind 'Kidnapped' 2010

LIANE HANSEN, host: A. Roger Ekirch begins his new book, "Birthright," with a quotation: "To commit the care of a minor to him who is next in succession to him is like committing the lamb to be devoured by the wolf."

'Birthright': The Astonishing Story Behind 'Kidnapped' 2010

… More surprising still, Ekirch reports that for many centuries, and perhaps back to Homer, Western society slept in two shifts.

Notes on the Cultural History of Sleep 2007

Some sleep disorders, namely waking up in the middle of the night and not being able to fall asleep again, may simply be this traditional pattern, this normal pattern, reasserting itself, Ekirch told me.

Rad Geek People’s Daily – 2007 – December – 05 2007

… More surprising still, Ekirch reports that for many centuries, and perhaps back to Homer, Western society slept in two shifts.

Rad Geek People’s Daily – 2007 – December – 05 2007

Some sleep disorders, namely waking up in the middle of the night and not being able to fall asleep again, may simply be this traditional pattern, this normal pattern, reasserting itself, Ekirch told me.

Notes on the Cultural History of Sleep 2007

There was an extraordinary level of activity, Ekirch told me.

Notes on the Cultural History of Sleep 2007

There was an extraordinary level of activity, Ekirch told me.

Rad Geek People’s Daily – 2007 – December – 05 2007

The events related in the book ­appear so far-fetched, however, that most of those who have read it, says Ekirch, "have tended to dismiss it as merely a sentimental fiction, written during an age when overblown stories of impossible adventures were a ­popular literary genre".

Culture | guardian.co.uk Jon Henley 2010