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Stones and Bones of New England - A Guide To Unusual, Historic, and Otherwise Notable Cemeteries (Paperback, 2nd Edition)
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Stones and Bones of New England - A Guide To Unusual, Historic, and Otherwise Notable Cemeteries (Paperback, 2nd Edition)
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Loot Price R321
Discovery Miles 3 210
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Whether it's for their solace and beauty or for the sense of
history that seeps from the ground, cemeteries are fascinating
places to visit, this guide shows where to find the most
interesting and unusual ones in all of New England. Some have
headstones that are fine art, others are associated with notorious
events, and others are the final resting place of famous poets,
soldiers, and statesmen. Included are large public facilities as
well as the small family burying grounds hidden away behind
crumbling stone walls and along once-cultivated farmland. A
sampling of cemeteries profiled: *Hope Cemetery in Barre, Vermont,
where lifelike sculptures of angels and Greek goddesses stand next
to a stone soccer ball and Shell Oil truck gravemarker, all
elaborately carved from local granite by immigrant Italian
stonecutters. *Spider Gates Cemetery, in Leicester, Massachusetts,
a notorious Quaker burying ground famed for its frequent ghost
sightings and still in use today. *A cemetery situated on the
raised median of the Interstate in Warner, New Hampshire, which was
preserved in 1970 by highway planners, who constructed the roadway
around it. *Evergreen Cemetery in New Haven, Vermont, final resting
place of Timothy Clark Smith, whose 1893 crypt includes a window to
help him escape in case he was buried alive. Driving directions are
provided for each cemetery, and detailed maps show the location of
the more obscure graveyards. This unique guide offers an intriguing
way to learn about the history and culture of New England.
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