Author: Robert Gardino
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ISBN: 9781680980370
Category : Celebrities
Languages : en
Pages :
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"This book will help to dispel the notion that cemeteries are dark and depressing places to visit. In the 19th century, families visited cemeteries and often had picnics there on the weekends. The Gardino's hope to bring some of that park like atmosphere back to the cemeteries. In covering the brother's favorite cemeteries and graves their aim will be to make the chapters easy to read and fun, introducing readers to unusual little known historical facts. The book will delve into the histories and biographies of noted historical personalities in prominent cemeteries on the East Coast, as well as history about the cemeteries themselves. Detailed directions based on the author's personal experiences, to the cemetery's residents, as well as the cemeteries themselves, is provided. The book also hopes to emphasize to the public how the past can be relevant to today"--
Author: Robert Gardino
Publisher: Camino Books
ISBN: 9781680980523
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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"Come along with the Gardino brothers as they lead another trip to cemeteries across the land where prominent Americans who served their country in many capacities are buried. Once again, the Gardinos use these visits to teach important lessons in American history. The Gardino brothers by visiting the graves of seventy three Americans in all parts of the United States. These fifty men and twenty three women made careers in many different fields of endeavor. They were soldiers, scientists, authors, judges, civil rights leaders. actors, singers, athletes, political leaders, clergymen. But they all had one thing in common-they used their talents to help others and to build a better society. To stand at their graves with Robert and Vince Gardino is to take inspiration from their lives. The "fun facts" the Gardinos furnish about each of them help flesh out their humanity and their personalities. We learn that Clare Booth Luce coined the phrase "No good deed goes unpunished" and Bob Hope said, when he was asked on his deathbed where he would like to be buried, "Surprise me." Robert and Vincent have a passion for the complex tapestry of American history and its many facets such as politics, military, news media, sports, religion and popular culture. They have a unique appreciation for the men and women, sung and unsung, who have sacrificed and struggled along America's endless journey toward a more perfect union"--
Author: Robert Gardino
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ISBN: 9781680980516
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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"Come along with the Gardino brothers as they lead another trip to cemeteries across the land where prominent Americans who served their country in many capacities are buried. Once again, the Gardinos use these visits to teach important lessons in American history. The Gardino brothers by visiting the graves of seventy three Americans in all parts of the United States. These fifty men and twenty three women made careers in many different fields of endeavor. They were soldiers, scientists, authors, judges, civil rights leaders. actors, singers, athletes, political leaders, clergymen. But they all had one thing in common-they used their talents to help others and to build a better society. To stand at their graves with Robert and Vince Gardino is to take inspiration from their lives. The "fun facts" the Gardinos furnish about each of them help flesh out their humanity and their personalities. We learn that Clare Booth Luce coined the phrase "No good deed goes unpunished" and Bob Hope said, when he was asked on his deathbed where he would like to be buried, "Surprise me." Robert and Vincent have a passion for the complex tapestry of American history and its many facets such as politics, military, news media, sports, religion and popular culture. They have a unique appreciation for the men and women, sung and unsung, who have sacrificed and struggled along America's endless journey toward a more perfect union"--
Author: Michael E. Bell
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 0819571717
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 392
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These stories of vampire legends and gruesome nineteenth-century practices is “a major contribution to the study of New England folk beliefs” (The Boston Globe). For nineteenth-century New Englanders, “vampires” lurked behind tuberculosis. To try to rid their houses and communities from the scourge of the wasting disease, families sometimes relied on folk practices, including exhuming and consuming the bodies of the deceased. Folklorist Michael E. Bell spent twenty years pursuing stories of the vampire in New England. While writers like H.P. Lovecraft, Henry David Thoreau, and Amy Lowell drew on portions of these stories in their writings, Bell brings the actual practices to light for the first time. He shows that the belief in vampires was widespread, and, for some families, lasted well into the twentieth century. With humor, insight, and sympathy, he uncovers story upon story of dying men, women, and children who believed they were food for the dead. “A marvelous book.” —Providence Journal Includes an updated preface covering newly discovered cases.
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Category : Scranton (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 524
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Author: Bill Ellis
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 081318293X
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 347
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Despite their centuries-old history and traditions, witchcraft and magic are still very much a part of modern Anglo-American culture. In Lucifer Ascending, Bill Ellis looks at modern practices that are universally defined as "occult," from commonplace habits such as carrying a rabbit's foot for good luck or using a Ouija board, to more esoteric traditions, such as the use of spell books. In particular, Ellis shows how the occult has been a common element in youth culture for hundreds of years. Using materials from little known publications and archives, Lucifer Ascending details the true social function of individuals' dabbling with the occult. In his survey of what Ellis terms "vernacular occultism," the author is poised on a middle ground between a skeptical point of view that defines belief in witchcraft and Satan as irrational and an interpretation of witchcraft as an underground religion opposing Christianity. Lucifer Ascending examines the occult not as an alternative to religion but rather as a means for ordinary people to participate directly in the mythic realm.
Author: Jeffrey S. Debies-Carl
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1496844130
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Tonight, across America, countless people will embark on an adventure. They will prowl among overgrown headstones in forgotten graveyards, stalk through darkened woods and wildlands, and creep down the crumbling corridors of abandoned buildings. They have set forth in search of a profound paranormal experience and may seem to achieve just that. They are part of the growing cultural phenomenon called legend tripping. In If You Should Go at Midnight: Legends and Legend Tripping in America, author Jeffrey S. Debies-Carl guides readers through an exploration of legend tripping, drawing on years of scholarship, documentary accounts, and his own extensive fieldwork. Poring over old reports and legends, sleeping in haunted inns, and trekking through wilderness full of cannibal mutants and strange beasts, Debies-Carl provides an in-depth analysis of this practice that has long fascinated scholars yet remains a mystery to many observers. Debies-Carl argues that legend trips are important social practices. Unlike traditional rites of passage, they reflect the modern world, revealing both its problems and its virtues. In society as well as in legend tripping, there is ambiguity, conflict, crisis of meaning, and the substitution of debate for social consensus. Conversely, both emphasize individual agency and values, even in spiritual matters. While people still need meaningful and transformative experiences, authoritative, traditional institutions are less capable of providing them. Instead, legend trippers voluntarily search for individually meaningful experiences and actively participate in shaping and interpreting those experiences for themselves.
Author: Eileen O'Finlan
Publisher: BWL Publishing Inc.
ISBN: 0228627923
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 315
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1830s Birch Falls, Vermont One by one Jerusha Kendall’s siblings fall victim to consumption, the scourge of the 19th century. Devastated by the loss of her children, Jerusha’s mother Mary is horrified over the outlandish folk remedy proposed by her dearest friend, Lavinia. Unable to divert the people of Birch Falls from carrying out Lavinia’s ghastly plan, Mary succeeds only in convincing them never to let Jerusha find out what they’ve done. But Jerusha knows a secret is being kept from her, and she is determined to uncover it.
Author: Stew Thornley
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
ISBN: 9780873515146
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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This handy guide locates the final resting places and tells the stories of more than 375 notable Minnesotans. Author Stew Thornley travelled throughout Minnesota in pursuit of the historical fact, the little-known tale, the striking monument, and the truth behind the colourful exaggeration. Visiting cemeteries from every era and every region of the state, Thornley recounts the histories of the famous, infamous, and just plain interesting Minnesotans who lie at rest in the state. The book contains a useful appendix with a county-by-county listing of the cemeteries and individuals mentioned within. Perfect for road trippers and armchair travellers alike, 'Six Feet Under' is an enlightening guide to the state's history.
Author: David A. Palmer
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022648498X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 347
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Over the past few decades, Daoism has become a recognizable part of Western “alternative” spiritual life. Now, that Westernized version of Daoism is going full circle, traveling back from America and Europe to influence Daoism in China. Dream Trippers draws on more than a decade of ethnographic work with Daoist monks and Western seekers to trace the spread of Westernized Daoism in contemporary China. David A. Palmer and Elijah Siegler take us into the daily life of the monastic community atop the mountain of Huashan and explore its relationship to the socialist state. They follow the international circuit of Daoist "energy tourism," which connects a number of sites throughout China, and examine the controversies around Western scholars who become practitioners and promoters of Daoism. Throughout are lively portrayals of encounters among the book’s various characters—Chinese hermits and monks, Western seekers, and scholar-practitioners—as they interact with each other in obtuse, often humorous, and yet sometimes enlightening and transformative ways. Dream Trippers untangles the anxieties, confusions, and ambiguities that arise as Chinese and American practitioners balance cosmological attunement and radical spiritual individualism in their search for authenticity in a globalized world.
