Book description
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Grave takes a ground-level view of how burial sites have transformed over time and how they continue to change. As a cemetery tour guide, Allison C. Meier has spent more time walking among…
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Allison C. Meier leads tours of Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn. I heard her speak online during her book tour about burial history and was hooked. She is so deeply knowledgable about the subject, from the earliest human burials in Israel and Kenya to the Covid burials on New York's Hart Island. She has the gift of bringing death to life. This book contextualizes the history of burial in the US, from Native American practices to the latest trends in green burial, cremation, and new ideas for the afterlife. This fascinating book, full of information that would make for lively conversation,…
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