05001cam a2200925 4500 607964422 TxAuBib 20221023120000.0 ||||||s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781667074207 1667074202 1fc82692-d01d-47e9-b793-9e499c9d1825 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9213852 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Melville, Greg. Over My Dead Body [Libby] : Unearthing the Hidden History of American Cemeteries. OrangeSky Audio, 2022. Land use. concord. Whitman. Landscape Architecture. brooklyn. Dickinson. Nonfiction. Gettysburg National Cemetery. California. Cemeteries. Exploring. central park. Gettysburg. Emerson. Newport Rhode Island. New York. History. memorializing. Cambridge. bronx. toxic. Sustainability. arlington national cemetery. savannah georgia. glenwood. architectural styles. famous parks. new york new york. plymouth massachusetts. inspiring poets. Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. boothill cemetery. burial hill. cemeteries as political tools. colonial jewish burial ground. cremations. embalming and burial. forest lawn memorial park. greg melville. laurel grove cemetery. monticello's african american graveyard. the chapel of the chimes. tombhill arizona. woodlawn cemetery. arlington virginia. bedford massachusetts. charlottesville virginia. greenwood cemeter. historic jamestown. history of cemteries. mount aubrun cemeter. shawshee cemetery. the 1607 burial groud. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 239MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 239MB. History. Nonfiction. HTML:<p>A lively tour through the history of US cemeteries that explores how, where, and why we bury our dead</p> <p>The summer before his senior year in college, Greg Melville worked at the cemetery in his hometown, and thanks to hour upon hour of pushing a mower over the grassy acres, he came to realize what a rich story the place told of his town and its history. Thus was born Melville's lifelong curiosity with how, where, and why we bury and commemorate our dead.</p> <p><br /></p> <p>Melville's Over My Dead Body is a lively (pun intended) and wide-ranging history of cemeteries, places that have mirrored the passing eras in history but have also shaped it. Cemeteries have given birth to landscape architecture and famous parks, as well as influenced architectural styles. They've inspired and motivated some of our greatest poets and authors—Emerson, Whitman, Dickinson. They've been used as political tools to shift the country's discourse and as important symbols of the United States' ambition and reach.</p> <p><br /></p> <p>But they are changing and fading. Embalming and burial is incredibly toxic, and while cremations have just recently surpassed burials in popularity, they're not great for the environment either. Over My Dead Body explores everything—history, sustainability, land use, and more—and what it really means to memorialize.</p> <p><br /></p> <p>Locales visited in Over My Dead Body</p> <p>Shawsheen Cemetery – Bedford, Massachusetts</p> <p>The 1607 Burial Ground – Historic Jamestowne, Virginia</p> <p>Burial Hill – Plymouth, Massachusetts</p> <p>Colonial Jewish Burial Ground – Newport, Rhode Island</p> <p>Monticello's African American Graveyard – Charlottesville, Virginia</p> <p>Mount Auburn Cemetery – Cambridge, Massachusetts</p> <p>Green-Wood Cemetery – Brooklyn, New York</p> <p>Laurel Grove Cemetery – Savannah, Georgia</p> <p>Sleepy Hollow Cemetery – Concord, Massachusetts</p> <p>Central Park – New York, New York</p> <p>and Many More!</p>. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-10-22 20:00:03. Tulin, Will. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=1fc82692-d01d-47e9-b793-9e499c9d1825&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=1fc82692-d01d-47e9-b793-9e499c9d1825&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)