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What's New at Arcadia

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.

Caskets and Coffins
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Date Item Title
January 05, 2009 Big Bopper's coffin to be sold on eBay
December 13, 2008 Dying for Animal Rights
December 10, 2008 School children get a glimpse of historic stone coffin
September 04, 2007 700-year-old tree coffin discovered in Quang Tri
September 02, 2007 What a way to go
July 17, 2007 Mindful but not fearful of death, man makes his own coffin
April 30, 2007 40 rare coffins unearthed in China
April 29, 2007 Caskets find second lives
February 13, 2007 Children make coffin for dying teacher
December 10, 2006 1,600-year-old Roman coffin unearthed in London
August 25, 2006 Australia's First Coffin Stylist
August 07, 2006 Obesity is undertakers' fresh burden
June 16, 2006 CEO surrenders ancient coffin to museum
June 10, 2006 Stylish goodbye with fantasy coffins
June 08, 2006 Bigger caskets and plots buy families some peace of mind
March 26, 2006 Coffin with scenes from Homers epics found
July 27, 2005 Ancient stone-coffin tombs discovered in SW province
June 21, 2005 Sports fans can take allegiance to the grave
June 16, 2005 Builders uncover coffin crypt
June 10, 2005 Big box Costco's in the coffin and urn business
May 15, 2005 Unusual bronze coffin unearthed in Lorestan
April 20, 2005 Colombian fans can get caskets in team colors
March 08, 2005 Archaeologists uncover three coffins, with a bead-covered mummy
February 19, 2005 Roman coffin to yield up secrets
November 25, 2004 Ming Dynasty coffin uncovered
November 10, 2004 First wooden coffin of 13th dynasty unearthed in Luxor
October 11, 2004 Coffins shed light on Ancient Greeks
September 04, 2004 Bright alternative to drab coffins
July 17, 2004 Something you dont see every day: Casket replica on display
July 12, 2004 Fraud ruled out in coffin swap
July 04, 2004 Museums Detective Work Secures Return Of Ancient Coffin
July 02, 2004 Coffin Show: Going Out in Style
May 22, 2004 Zurich on lookout for cheap coffins
October 13, 2003 Workers unearth five wooden coffins in Portsmouth
October 09, 2003 Coffin may lead to 1700s Portsmouth burial ground
September 22, 2003 Lincoln comes a calling--Replica of custom coffin used to show President
May 22, 2003 Warming to Wicker Coffins
 
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Taphophilia?

taphophilia (taf′ō-fil′ē-ă)

ORIGIN:
From the Greek words taphos, meaning "tomb" or "sepulcher" and philia, meaning "attraction or affinity to something, in particular the love or obsession with something"

DEFINITION: 1. An excessive interest in graves and cemeteries. 2. A love or fondness for funerals, graves, and cemeteries. 3. In psychiatry, a morbid attraction to graves and cemeteries

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It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.

George S. Patton, Jr.