Epitaphs To Remember: Remarkable Inscriptions from New England Gravestones: Janet Greene, George Daly, Thomas C. Mann: 9780911469103: Amazon.com: Books

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Epitaphs To Remember: Remarkable Inscriptions from New England Gravestones Paperback – January 1, 1992

by Janet Greene (Author), George Daly (Illustrator), Thomas C. Mann (Contributor)

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In earlier times, people felt the need to leave a permanent record of who they were and what they stood for. Nowadays people tend to keep quiet about those things, at least in their final resting place. But many have found a new fascination in wandering about an old graveyard. They are often touched and moved by what they read there. Those people of former generations have much to say to us, although with great economy of words because each letter had to be chiseled in stone with hand tools.

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104 pages
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English
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January 1, 1992
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5.5 x 0.3 x 8.5 inches
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9780911469103
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978-0911469103
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"These epitaphs reveal a full range of religious concepts, personal histories and marriages, eccentricities and moral admonitions, wrenching grief and a surprising amount of humor. You may start with one or two but inevitably become fascinated, drawn to page after page of a striking series of testimonies remembering our forebears in stone.
Lee Pennock Huntington, VT Sunday Magazine "

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In earlier times, people felt the need to leave a permanent record of who they were and what they stood for. Nowadays people tend to keep quiet about those things, at least in their final resting place. But many have found a new fascination in wandering about an old graveyard. They are often touched and moved by what they read there. Those people of former generations have much to say to us, although with great economy of woods because each letter had to be chiseled in stone with hand tools. Author Janet Greene and her late husband founded The Stephen Greene Press in 1957. Under the Greenes the company became one of the most respected small presses in America. In addition, she has written several books and is often heard on Public Radio stations around the country.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0911469109
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Alan C Hood & Company; 1st edition (January 1, 1992)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 104 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780911469103
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0911469103
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.3 x 8.5 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #1,928,713 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,568 in New England US Travel Books
- #1,701 in Trivia & Fun Facts (Books)
- #3,527 in American Fiction Anthologies

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Barbara Lightle

Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2018

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Got as a gift and she loved it.

Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2017

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Funny

Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2017

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Good book

Left Coast Bill

Book for my daughter

Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2012

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When my daughter was in collage, she and a friend occasionally wandered through cemeteries to read the epitaphs. This was a perfect birthday book for her. She spent most of the time during her birthday dinner reading to us from it.

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Not what I expected

Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2010

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My dad had knee surgery recently, and we were joking that his epitaph would have to include the fact that he now has a part from a cadaver. I wanted to get him a book of FUNNY epitaphs, and this one is full of the overblown poetry about the nature of death. Which is fine, if that's what you're looking for, but I wanted something different.

5 people found this helpful

Epitaphs To Remember

Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2016

When I was reading this book, I thought some of it seemed awfully familiar. Come to find out it was originally published as Over Their Dead Bodies in 1962. Why it now shows up with a different name I have no idea. However, I loved the other book and feel the same way about this one. Some of the epitaphs are sad, some funny, some just a bit gruesome. We can learn from all of them. I especially liked the little drawings that pepper the pages of the book. The forward by Castle Freeman is most illuminating as is the preface of the book. Lots of information done with much wit and humor.

Great collection, but author needs a fact checker.

Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2006

I recommend this collection of epitaphs because they give a fascinating insight into the lives and deaths of past New Englanders. However, on page one of the author's commentary, I was stunned to see her erroneous statement that Benjamin Franklin was a Quaker!

Benjamin Franklin was not a Quaker. He was baptized in 1706, at the Old South Church congregation's Cedar Meeting House on downtown Washington Street, Boston. In Philadelphia he occasionally worshiped at Christ Church, the Church of England parish established in colonial Philadelphia in 1695 and later reorganized into the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America.

Because of this factual error, I found it difficult to trust the accuracy of the commentary and hence, the author's analysis. But, her collection is most excellent and for that reason, the reader will be rewarded.

10 people found this helpful

Remember, friends, as you pass by....

Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2005

This little book traces the development of the gravestone epitaph, from the earliest days of America's settlement, to the 20th century. Some are amusing, some a bit scary, some give lessons to the reader. The author explains why certain themes were chosen and how they reflect the times in which the stones were made. Fun and fascinating.

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