The American resting place : four hundred years of history through our cemeteries and burial grounds...
The American resting place : four hundred years of history through our cemeteries and burial grounds...
The American resting place : four hundred years of history through our cemeteries and burial grounds / Marilyn Yalom ; photographs by Reid S. Yalom.
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Publisher
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2008.
Date
2008.
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N929.50973/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
xv, 336 p., [64] of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Photo Portfolio -- Preface: Tombstones to Live By -- 1. Claiming the Land -- 2. Marking the Grave -- 3. Solidarity in the Cemetery -- 4. Distancing the Dead -- 5. Death's-Heads and Funeral Gloves: Boston, Massachusetts -- 6. "Gone Are the Living, but the Dead Remain": Newport, Rhode Island -- 7. Cem...
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Publisher
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2008.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2008.
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Summary
"Cemeteries and burial grounds, as illuminated by an acclaimed cultural historian, are unique windows onto our religious, ethnic, and deeply human history as Americans." "The dedicated mother-son team of Marilyn and Reid Yalom visited hundreds of cemeteries to create The American Resting Place following a coast-to-coast trajectory that mirrors the...
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The American resting place : four hundred years of history through our cemeteries and burial grounds / Marilyn Yalom ; photographs by Reid S. Yalom.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N929.50973/1
Record Identifier
74VMQZBMw4mZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMQZBMw4mZ
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ISBN
0618624279
9780618624270
DDC
929.50973
MMS ID
991000348119702626
