From The Grave: A Roadside Guide to Colorado's Pioneer Cemeteries [Paperback]

Linda R. Wommack (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 1998

Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press

With maps, photos and mini-biographies of some of the most famous of Colorado's interred pioneers From the Grave is an essential tool for any who wish to find the final resting place of the founders and forefathers of the Centennial State.

Editorial Reviews

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"This book takes the reader through many of the best known and more obscure cemeteries in Colorado. A handy index and an impressive bibliography round out this comprehensive research tool. Linda Wommack has given serious history buffs a nice book for our research libraries, and for those who only dabble, there are still enough real people profiles to make From the Grave a good investment."—Jan Holden for True West Magazine

(Jan Holden True West )

About the Author

Linda Wommack is a Colorado native who has enjoyed Colorado history her entire life.  She has published numerous books about Colorado history including Caxton Press title Our Ladies of the Tenderloin.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 500 pages
• Publisher: Caxton Press (March 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0870043862
• ISBN-13: 978-0870043864
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #898,404 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best over-all comprehensive cemetery guide in all 50 states, March 9, 1999

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This review is from: From The Grave: A Roadside Guide to Colorado's Pioneer Cemeteries (Paperback)

Never before has a book been so complete and the subject researched more thourghly, than Wommack's From The Grave. Three years of research has produced information for more than 350 cemeteries and mini-biographies of over a thousand pioneers interred in Colorado's cemeteries. Cemetery information, maps, directions, all round out this wonder book. A must read for the historian and genealogist. Humorous epitaphs and ghost stories are an added treat.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Research, January 25, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: From The Grave: A Roadside Guide to Colorado's Pioneer Cemeteries (Paperback)

The amount of research that went into this book is absolutely incredible. I am native to Colorado and have lived here most of my life. I am so glad to see that someone finally took an interest in the peaple who made this state what it is. Besides the fact that it is so easy to read. One Great Book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars good source, September 9, 2005

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Bryan L. Jones "Bryan Jones" (McCook, NE) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: From The Grave: A Roadside Guide to Colorado's Pioneer Cemeteries (Paperback)

Wommack's book represents a daunting amount of research and should become a standard reference work for geneologists and historians.