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Historic Burial Grounds of the New Hampshire Seacoast By Glenn A. Knoblock

Arcadia Publishing has releases a new title in the Images of America series, the historic account of the cemeteries along the New Hampshire Seacoast. This collection is a must for anyone interested in local history, genealogy, or colonial-era art. Please visit Arcadia Publishing to purchase your copy of Historic Burial Grounds of the New Hampshire Seacoast and browse other cemetery books!

Green-Wood Cemetery By Alexandra Mosca

Arcadia Publishing announces the release of the historic account of one of New York's most famous cemeteries. Aracdia Publishing's Images of America series has an extensive catalog of many cemetery publications! Please visit Arcadia Publishing to purchase your copy of Green-Wood Cemetery.

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Quoting Death in Early Modern England: The Poetics of Epitaphs Beyond the Tomb By Scott L. Newstok

An innovative study of the Renaissance practice of making epitaphic gestures within other English genres. A poetics of quotation uncovers the ways in which writers including Shakespeare, Marlowe, Holinshed, Sidney, Jonson, Donne, and Elizabeth I have recited these texts within new contexts. Visit Palgrave Macmillan and purchase your copy today!

Living by the Dead By Ellen Ashdown with illustrations by Mary Liz Moody.

A memoir about living beside a cemetery--and about the members of my family who came to rest at Roselawn Cemetery in Tallahassee, Florida. Please visit Kitsune Books for more information.

Graveyards of Chicago: The People, History, Art, and Lore of Cook County Cemeteries By Matt Hucke And Ursula Bielski.

Discover a Chicago That Exists Just Beneath the Surface - About Six Feet Under! Take a tour of Chicago's permanent residents! Please visit the Lake Claremont Press website to purchase your copy of Graveyards of Chicago today!

Epitaphs: The Magazine for Cemetery Lovers By Cemetery Lovers

For information regarding subscriptions, single issues, submission guidelines, deadlines, classifieds or advertising for future issues, please visit The Cemetery Club.

Guardians of the Soul: Angels and Innocents, Mourners and Saints with photography by John Bower and foreword by Claude Cookman

Indiana's remarkable cemetery sculpture is now available. Please visit Studio Indiana for more information.

West Springfield Massachusetts: Stories Carved in Stone by Rusty Clark

Features information on early New England gravestone carvers with more than two hundred photos and illustrations. Please visit the Dog Pond Press website.

Geronimo Heir Seeks Return of Bones PDF Print E-mail
Written by DeadGirl   
Saturday, 03 June 2006
Friday, June 02, 2006

The descendants of Geronimo are asking President George W. Bush to intercede in their efforts to recover the skeletal remains of the great Apache leader. According to a London Independent story, the bones were stolen by Yale University students, as part of their Skull and Bones Society antics, some 90 years ago, from the warrior's burial-site in Fort Sill, Oklahoma. A Yale historian recently discovered a letter from 1918 that would seem to corroborate the long-standing rumor that the students did take the remains, while they were serving as Army volunteers and stationed at the fort near the end of World War I. Those students supposedly included Bush's grandfather, Prescott. The lore of the S&B society is reported to include a ritual of kissing a skull, which is referred to as "Geronimo" and normally kept in a glass case.

Leading the quest to restore their ancestor's remains to its proper place is the great chieftain's great-grandson, Harlyn Geronimo, who reportedly says in his letter to Bush: "I am requesting his help in getting [them] ... To return the dignity and let his spirits rest in peace ... is important in our tradition."

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