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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.

EPITAPHS AND ICONOGRAPHY
  Web Link
  Link   Gravestone Interpretation
An Introduction to Interpreting Cemeteries and Gravestones
  Link   GraveStone Carvings and Symbols
Cemetery art symbolism
  Link   Gravestone Symbolism
A Partial Listing of Symbolism Found on New England Gravestones
  Link   Funny Stones To Tickle Your Funny Bones
Humorous Epitaphs
  Link   Epitaphs from Green Cemetery, Carlisle, MA
listing of epitaphs of residents
  Link   Eptiaphs
Words for your tombstone taken from across the net mailing lists and life in general.
  Link   Final Words
Epitaph and Photo Collection
  Link   Actual Epitaphs
A collection of epitaphs
  Link   The Graveyard
Click on the crosses to read the epitaphs...
  Link   Eighteenth Century Epitaphs
Cape Cod headstone photos and epitaphs
  Link   A Victorian Halloween
Victorian-era epitaphs
  Link   Pharmcats Emblems of Mortality
Extracted from Understanding Scottish Graveyards by Betty Willsher
  Link   Cemeteries offer unique monuments
Article from the Daily Sentinel  Sunday April 20 1997 offering an account of the history of the WOW
  Link   Woodmen of the World...In the shape of a tree stump
"The emblem adorning the Woodmen stump symbolizing equality and commonwealth is the most commonly seen on members monuments."
  Link   Wikipedia-Woodmen of The World
A brief history of the company and the organization that has erected tree stump shaped or "WOW" inscribed tombstones across the United States
  Link   GhostlyHappenings Cemetery Art
Carving symbolism and photos
  Link   Epitaphs
Famous Epitaphs
  Link   RosebBuds Epitaphs
A collection of epitaphs
  Link   The Epitaph Browser
From The City Of The Silents Joel GAzis-SAx
  Link   Brain Candy Celebrity Quotes
The epitaphs and gravestones of well known people.
  Link   Cemetery Studies
Photo Galleries and Symbolism pages
  Link   The Inevitable Hour
Graveyard sentiments
  Link   Religion as Art
Gravestone Iconography in West Virginia
  Link   Stones Of Faith
Gravestone Symbols Definitions...includes photos!
  Link   History of Gravestone Symbols
History of symbolism