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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.

Body hauled away; funeral home is sued PDF Print E-mail
Written by DeadGirl   
Wednesday, 05 April 2006
April 5, 2006 ASSOCIATED PRESS HOLLAND, MI -- Relatives of a man whose body was taken mistakenly from the garage of a funeral home by a waste hauler and dumped into a landfill have filed a lawsuit seeking more than $1 million in damages. The suit, filed by the family of Erwin Jordan, accuses Notier-VerLee-Langeland Funeral Home and Priority Arrowaste of being "negligent and reckless," the Grand Rapids Press reported Tuesday. John Sterenberg, co-owner of the funeral home, and Terry Nienhuis, the waste hauler's general manager, both declined to comment on the lawsuit. The remains were being stored in the locked garage inside a body bag within a cremation box when a Priority Arrowaste driver picked up the box Jan. 5. The body was being kept there while Notier-VerLee-Langeland officials waited for Jordan's family to decide on whether to bury or cremate him. The funeral home earlier said the cremation box was on a gurney and should not have been mistaken for trash. But Priority Arrowaste, which had a key to the garage, said its driver found the box close to the garbage and recyclable containers. Police officers and landfill workers searched for Jordan's body Jan. 6 and 7 at the Autumn Hills Landfill in Ottawa County's Zeeland Township, but did not find it. Jordan died Dec. 20 at age 66. His children asked them to stop searching because of safety concerns. http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060405/NEWS01/604050353/1003/NEWS
 
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