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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19 Like long - haul road truckers , log truck drivers frequently give personal names to their vehicles ( e.g. , “ Bluebird , ” “ Jennie Lee " ) , and in some instances these are also included in the pictorials .
19 Like long - haul road truckers , log truck drivers frequently give personal names to their vehicles ( e.g. , “ Bluebird , ” “ Jennie Lee " ) , and in some instances these are also included in the pictorials .
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In this instance , the particular source of the scriptural passage is also provided , though frequently this is not the case ( owing perhaps to the assumption that the verses selected would be commonly recognized by all who read them ) ...
In this instance , the particular source of the scriptural passage is also provided , though frequently this is not the case ( owing perhaps to the assumption that the verses selected would be commonly recognized by all who read them ) ...
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What is decidedly missing is the frequent use of commercially produced gravestones of granite or marble . ... Both adults ' and children's graves were decorated , but those of children more frequently and with a greater variety of items ...
What is decidedly missing is the frequent use of commercially produced gravestones of granite or marble . ... Both adults ' and children's graves were decorated , but those of children more frequently and with a greater variety of items ...
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Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
Victorian Childrens | 11 |
Stone Images of | 31 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| 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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