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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Sounds morbid, but it is fascinating instead...,
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This review is from: Here lies America: A collection of notable graves (Paperback)
Before the internet came along and brought us the "Findagrave" website, there was this book. It contains photos of the gravesites of more than 80 notable Americans, with a one-page essay about the person and the resting place. I've owned my copy since l978, and I wouldn't part with it. I fancy myself an amateur historian of American culture, and this book delighted me. Among my favorite entries are Herman Melville, Horatio Alger Jr., Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Lewis and Clark, Chang and Eng Bunker (The Original Siamese Twins)Currier and Ives, Lizzie Borden, Henry David Thoreau, Pierre Charles L'Enfant, Harry Houdini, George M. Cohan, Babe Ruth, Casey Jones, Mathew Brady, John Philip Sousa, Cole Porter, George Gershwin. That's only one-fourth of the listings. This is a fine start, but there is room for many sequels. Buy the book, if you can find it, and go out and create newer volumes.
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Here lies America: A collection of notable graves by Parker Hayden (Paperback - 1978)
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