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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.

Announcements

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.

Funeral Industry
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Date Item Title
April 15, 2009 Recession leaves funeral business in grave state
December 13, 2008 Death And The Downturn
October 19, 2008 The bright side of death
July 02, 2008 A Serious Undertaking
April 01, 2008 China women 'first female pallbearers' in Singapore
March 02, 2008 On the Job: Burial site cares for the living
November 04, 2007 The Storyteller: 78-year-old Seneca man still digging graves the hard way
October 18, 2007 Australia cemetery trains lifeguard gravediggers
September 03, 2007 Mortuaries armed with new equipment
July 15, 2007 Funeral director's first burial is her dad
May 24, 2007 New York area funeral homes offer Harley-Davidson-drawn hearses
April 04, 2007 On Call: students find part-time work moving the deceased
March 12, 2007 Six feet under-grads
March 08, 2007 Funeral homes make adjustments for obese clientele
February 14, 2007 "I'll Sue Over Coffin Error"
February 05, 2007 Tyler Cassity puts new life back into the business of burial
October 28, 2006 Pimp my coffin
October 10, 2006 Morticians Called Heroes
August 09, 2006 NZ warning over hearse tax dodge
August 04, 2006 Trouble for Death-Care Companies?
July 23, 2006 In funeral homes, customers are speaking up
July 23, 2006 Funeral director accused of drunkenness on probation
July 23, 2006 Canada: Only Good for the Living
July 23, 2006 Funeral homes offer to preserve DNA
July 15, 2006 Forest Hill problems have industry scrambling to retain its polished image
July 15, 2006 Your next party at a funeral home?
June 17, 2006 Man can give funeral advice without license
June 16, 2006 Alabama agency hoping to sell troubled cemeteries
June 14, 2006 Death comes to all, preparation is necessary
June 13, 2006 Profit began before the grave in Frankenstein case
June 07, 2006 Read fine print or prepaid funeral deal may haunt you
June 05, 2006 More women undertake mortuary careers
June 03, 2006 State punishes Alton funeral home
May 19, 2006 As bodies increase, pressure growing on county coroner
May 19, 2006 In Ghana, a grave business has a fanciful side
April 29, 2006 His job was really the pits: 47 years of graveyard shift
April 23, 2006 For a Price, Final Resting Places That Even Tut Could Appreciate
April 19, 2006 Basement vaults recall funeral industry's past
April 19, 2006 A Memorial Fit for Hog Heaven
April 19, 2006 "Backyard" funeral parlour closed down
March 30, 2006 16-year-old undertaker
March 28, 2006 Funeral homes undertake change
March 14, 2006 Funeral Home Happy to Host Weddings
March 02, 2006 Burying The Competition
February 22, 2006 Family upset with Wilmington mortuary
February 11, 2006 Do-It-Yourself Funerals
February 03, 2006 Equal Rights for Mega Corporate Funeral Chains!
January 30, 2006 Mortuary science department displays caskets in classroom
January 17, 2006 N.B. woman starts petition against funeral tax
January 11, 2006 When Corpses Become Mere Commodities
 
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