05011cam a2200925 4500 607964420 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 Audiobook] : Unearthing the Hidden History of American Cemeteries. OrangeSky Audio, 2022. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 239MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 239MB. monticello's african american graveyard. cemeteries as political tools. colonial jewish burial ground. Gettysburg National Cemetery. arlington national cemetery. forest lawn memorial park. the chapel of the chimes. charlottesville virginia. Landscape Architecture. plymouth massachusetts. Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. laurel grove cemetery. bedford massachusetts. the 1607 burial groud. Newport Rhode Island. architectural styles. embalming and burial. history of cemteries. mount aubrun cemeter. arlington virginia. historic jamestown. new york new york. boothill cemetery. woodlawn cemetery. greenwood cemeter. shawshee cemetery. savannah georgia. tombhill arizona. inspiring poets. Sustainability. memorializing. greg melville. central park. famous parks. burial hill. Nonfiction. California. Cemeteries. Gettysburg. cremations. Dickinson. Exploring. Cambridge. Land use. brooklyn. New York. glenwood. concord. Whitman. Emerson. History. bronx. toxic. 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>. Nonfiction. History. 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)