Cemeteries GravemarkersCemeteries house the dead, but gravemarkers are fashioned by the living, who record on them not only their pleasures, sorrows, and hopes for an afterlife, but also more than they realize of their history, ethnicity, and culture. Richard Meyer has gathered twelve original essays examining burial grounds through the centuries and across the land to give a broad understanding of the history and cultural values of communities, regions, and American society at large. |
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or community lost or for the timeless rhythms of preindustrial , rural life found gratification at Mount Auburn , which , after all , drew its name from " Sweet Auburn , " the fictitious but representative Irish village destroyed by ...
or community lost or for the timeless rhythms of preindustrial , rural life found gratification at Mount Auburn , which , after all , drew its name from " Sweet Auburn , " the fictitious but representative Irish village destroyed by ...
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Americans from other cities and regions recognized the importance of Mount Auburn as prototype and inspiration for cemeteries which they would create as local amenities for themselves when they returned home from visits to Boston .
Americans from other cities and regions recognized the importance of Mount Auburn as prototype and inspiration for cemeteries which they would create as local amenities for themselves when they returned home from visits to Boston .
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Joseph Story , " Consecration Address , ” in The Picturesque Pocket Companion through Mount Auburn ( Boston : Otis , Broaders , and Co. , 1839 ) , pp . 74–75 ; William Wetmore Story , ed . , The Life and Letters of Joseph Story ( Boston ...
Joseph Story , " Consecration Address , ” in The Picturesque Pocket Companion through Mount Auburn ( Boston : Otis , Broaders , and Co. , 1839 ) , pp . 74–75 ; William Wetmore Story , ed . , The Life and Letters of Joseph Story ( Boston ...
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Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
Victorian Childrens | 11 |
Stone Images of | 31 |
Copyright | |
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| Pealkiri | Cemeteries Gravemarkers |
| Editor | Richard Meyer |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Utah State University Press, 1992 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 24 mär. 2005 |
| ISBN | 0874211603, 9780874211603 |
| Length | 347 pages |
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