{"product_id":"over-my-dead-body-unearthing-the-hidden-history-of-america-s-cemeteries","title":"Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries","description":"Journalist Greg Melville’s Over My Dead Body is a lively tour through the history of US cemeteries that explores how, where, and why we bury our dead.\n\n“Astonishing. . . fascinating . . . powerful. . .This clever, sensitive book gives us a new way to think about death, not as the final chapter, but as a window onto life in America.” —New York Times Book Review\n\nThe 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.\n\nMelville’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.\n\nBut 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.\n\nLocales visited in Over My Dead Body\nShawsheen Cemetery – Bedford, Massachusetts\nThe 1607 Burial Ground – Historic Jamestowne, Virginia\nBurial Hill – Plymouth, Massachusetts\nColonial Jewish Burial Ground – Newport, Rhode Island\nMonticello’s African American Graveyard – Charlottesville, Virginia\nMount Auburn Cemetery – Cambridge, Massachusetts\nGreen-Wood Cemetery – Brooklyn, New York\nLaurel Grove Cemetery – Savannah, Georgia\nSleepy Hollow Cemetery – Concord, Massachusetts\nCentral Park – New York, New York\nGettysburg National Cemetery – Gettysburg, Pennsylvania\nArlington National Cemetery – Arlington, Virginia\nWoodlawn Cemetery – Bronx, New York\nBoothill Graveyard – Tombhill, Arizona\nForest Lawn Memorial-Park – Glenwood, California\nThe Chapel of the Chimes – Oakland, California\nHollywood Forever Cemetery – Los Angeles, California\nNature’s Sanctuary – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1419754858\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1419754858.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Melville, Greg\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41516486656058,"sku":"DBV.1419754858.G","price":9.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1419754858-0.jpg?v=1783738296","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/over-my-dead-body-unearthing-the-hidden-history-of-america-s-cemeteries","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}