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Author
Publisher
Citadel Press
Language
English
Description
James R. Hagerty explains how to preserve your personal history--from crafting a brief obituary for newspapers and websites, to a more thoughtful and detailed mini-memoir for those close to you. Through his personal stories, on-the-job anecdotes, and insights, you will learn what to include, what to leave out, and how to provide historical context, record oral histories and make the most of details, all with candor and wit. Best of all, you'll find...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Obituaries are history as it is happening. Whose time am I living in? Was he a success or a failure, lucky or doomed, older than I am or younger? Did she know how to live? Where else can you celebrate the life of the pharmacist who moonlighted as a spy, the genius behind Sea Monkeys, the school lunch lady who spent her evenings as a ballroom hostess? No wonder so many readers skip the news and the sports and go directly to the obituary page. This...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Mo Rocca has always loved obituaries--reading about the remarkable lives of global leaders, Hollywood heavyweights, and innovators who changed the world. But not every notable life has gotten the send-off it deserves. Rocca chronicles the stories of the people who made a difference, but whose lives -- for some reason or another -- were never truly examined." --
9) Basket case
Author
Language
English
Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A rollicking and hilarious novel from the bestselling author of Squeeze Me and “Florida’s most entertainingly indignant social critic” (New York Times Book Review).
Jack Tagger’s years in exile at the obituaries desk of a South Florida daily haven’t dulled his investigative reporter’s nose for a good story. When Jimmy Stoma, the infamous front man of Jimmy
Publisher
Bloomberg Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
409 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A collection of more than two hundred obituaries published in The Economist since the column was introduced in 1995. Editors Keith Colquhoun and Ann Wroe wrote each of the highly acclaimed obituaries for the column. These are remarkable because of the unpredictable selection of subjects, the surprising lives they lead, and the style in which they are written"--Provided by publisher.
14) Missouri obituaries: abstracts of obituaries published weekly in the "St. Louis Christian Advocate"
Author
Publisher
Mrs. H.W. Woodruff
Pub. Date
1985-1986.
Physical Desc
volumes <1-[6] > ; 28 cm
Language
English
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