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Author
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing
Pub. Date
©2017
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"The cemeteries of greater Cincinnati have had their share of hauntings, strange occurrences, and odd phenomena throughout history. Entombed within these pages are 22 stories of the dead and the strange--tales of those who have experienced for themselves the hauntingly beautiful burial grounds of Cincinnati, Ohio. Hold tight to your scarf or shawl as you follow the legend of the ghost who loves to steal items of clothing. Listen to famous lawyer Harvey...
Author
Series
Gravekeeper novels volume 3
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
345 pages : 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Keira is ready for a normal life. Hunted and haunted, all she wants is to put her mysterious past behind her and move forward with her new friends as Blighty Graveyard's groundskeeper. But then she receives an invitation to dinner at the local recluse's crumbling ancestral estate. The mansion is steeped in history that is equal parts complicated and bloody--and at its center is the man who once tried to kill her, now begging for her help. Dane Crispin...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
175 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"At the beginning of the Civil War, Federal troops secured Alexandria as Union territory. Former slaves, called contrabands, poured in to obtain protection from their former masters. Due to overcrowding, mortality rates were high. Authorities seized an undeveloped parcel of land on South Washington Street, and by March 1864, it had been opened as a cemetery for African Americans. Between 1864 and 1868, more than 1,700 contrabands and freedmen were...
Author
Publisher
Lake Claremont Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Desc
423 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Hucke and Bielski show that Chicago's cemeteries are fascinating repositories of history, art, culture, and folklore. History buffs and art lovers will find this book to be an incredible tour of Chicago's-- and America's-- history and culture.
Author
Publisher
Maverick for Mad Cave Comics, Inc., Mad Cave Studios, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"On Halloween night, when the moon is full, teenagers get up to mischief. But when an encounter with a giant, sentient puppet in a graveyard sends five teens to a mysterious dimension called the Confetti Realms, they must overcome obstacles in their own friendships-and collect the debted teeth owed to the puppet-in order to make their way home. But the allure of staying in a fantasy world is a hard one to beat, and going home to their normal lives...
Author
Publisher
Black Cat Tours Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
iv, 326 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"A comprehensive and provocative chronicle of the varied lives, loves, and deaths of those who rest eternally in Salem's Old Burying Point, and those who are commemorated by the Salem Witch trials Memorial." - Back cover
Author
Publisher
Louisiana State University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Louisiana paperback edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 262 pages : illustrations, map, plan ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"In The Cemeteries of New Orleans, Peter B. Dedek reveals the origins and evolution of the Crescent City's world-famous necropolises, exploring both their distinctive architecture and their cultural impact. Spanning centuries, this fascinating body of research takes readers from muddy fields of crude burial markers to extravagantly designed cities of the dead, illuminating a vital and vulnerable piece of New Orleans's identity." --
Series
Publisher
The University of Georgia Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xi, 358 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Final Resting Places brings together some of the most important and innovative scholars of the Civil War era to reflect on what death and memorialization meant to the Civil War generation-and how those meanings still influence Americans today. In each essay, a noted historian explores a different type of gravesite-including large marble temples, unmarked graves beneath the waves, makeshift markers on battlefields, mass graves on hillsides, neat rows...
Author
Publisher
University of Cincinnati Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
vii, 241 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Speaking Stone: Stories Cemeteries Tell is a literary love letter to the joys of wandering graveyards and the discoveries such wanderings can yield. Here, Michael Griffith roams Spring Grove (founded 1844), the nation's third-largest cemetery, following curiosity and accident wherever they lead. The result is this fascinating collection, which narrates the lives of those he encountered on the way. Griffith lingers amidst the traces left behind-these...
Author
Publisher
Carrelspin Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 295 pages : color illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The story of Atlanta's South-View Cemetery begins in 1886 when African Americans challenged the city's segregated burial practices by forming the South-View Cemetery Association. For years, African Americans had objected to the conditions they were forced to endure in Atlanta's racially segregated cemeteries. South-View's founders were determined to provide a place where African Americans could be buried with dignity. Historic cemeteries like South-View...
Author
Publisher
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xi, 225 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"From its origination, Arlington National Cemetery's history has been compellingly intertwined with that of African Americans. This book explains how the grounds of Arlington House, formerly the home of Robert E. Lee and a plantation of the enslaved, became a military camp for Federal troops, a freedmen's village and farm, and America's most important burial ground. During the Civil War, the property served as a pauper's cemetery for men too poor...
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