Author: June Hadden Hobbs
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476644284
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
This book relates the stories and describes the memorials of the people buried in Shelby, North Carolina's historic Sunset Cemetery, a microcosm of the Southeastern United States. The authors, an academic and a journalist, detail the lives and memories of people who are buried here, from Civil War soldiers to those who created the Jim Crow South and promoted the narrative of the Lost Cause. Featured are authors W.J. Cash and Thomas Dixon, whose racist novel was the basis for The Birth of a Nation. Drawn from historical research and local memory, it includes the tales of musicians Don Gibson and Bobby "Pepper Head" London, as well as a paratrooper who died in the Battle of the Bulge and other ordinary folks who rest in the cemetery. A bigger responsibility is to give a voice to the silenced, enslaved people of color buried in unmarked graves. Cemeteries are sacred places where artistry and memory meet--to understand, we need both the tales and the tombstones.
Tales and Tombstones of Sunset Cemetery
Author: June Hadden Hobbs
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476644284
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
This book relates the stories and describes the memorials of the people buried in Shelby, North Carolina's historic Sunset Cemetery, a microcosm of the Southeastern United States. The authors, an academic and a journalist, detail the lives and memories of people who are buried here, from Civil War soldiers to those who created the Jim Crow South and promoted the narrative of the Lost Cause. Featured are authors W.J. Cash and Thomas Dixon, whose racist novel was the basis for The Birth of a Nation. Drawn from historical research and local memory, it includes the tales of musicians Don Gibson and Bobby "Pepper Head" London, as well as a paratrooper who died in the Battle of the Bulge and other ordinary folks who rest in the cemetery. A bigger responsibility is to give a voice to the silenced, enslaved people of color buried in unmarked graves. Cemeteries are sacred places where artistry and memory meet--to understand, we need both the tales and the tombstones.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476644284
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
This book relates the stories and describes the memorials of the people buried in Shelby, North Carolina's historic Sunset Cemetery, a microcosm of the Southeastern United States. The authors, an academic and a journalist, detail the lives and memories of people who are buried here, from Civil War soldiers to those who created the Jim Crow South and promoted the narrative of the Lost Cause. Featured are authors W.J. Cash and Thomas Dixon, whose racist novel was the basis for The Birth of a Nation. Drawn from historical research and local memory, it includes the tales of musicians Don Gibson and Bobby "Pepper Head" London, as well as a paratrooper who died in the Battle of the Bulge and other ordinary folks who rest in the cemetery. A bigger responsibility is to give a voice to the silenced, enslaved people of color buried in unmarked graves. Cemeteries are sacred places where artistry and memory meet--to understand, we need both the tales and the tombstones.
Tales and Tombstones of Sunset Cemetery
Author: June Hadden Hobbs
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476686386
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
This book relates the stories and describes the memorials of the people buried in Shelby, North Carolina's historic Sunset Cemetery, a microcosm of the Southeastern United States. The authors, an academic and a journalist, detail the lives and memories of people who are buried here, from Civil War soldiers to those who created the Jim Crow South and promoted the narrative of the Lost Cause. Featured are authors W.J. Cash and Thomas Dixon, whose racist novel was the basis for The Birth of a Nation. Drawn from historical research and local memory, it includes the tales of musicians Don Gibson and Bobby "Pepper Head" London, as well as a paratrooper who died in the Battle of the Bulge and other ordinary folks who rest in the cemetery. A bigger responsibility is to give a voice to the silenced, enslaved people of color buried in unmarked graves. Cemeteries are sacred places where artistry and memory meet--to understand, we need both the tales and the tombstones.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476686386
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
This book relates the stories and describes the memorials of the people buried in Shelby, North Carolina's historic Sunset Cemetery, a microcosm of the Southeastern United States. The authors, an academic and a journalist, detail the lives and memories of people who are buried here, from Civil War soldiers to those who created the Jim Crow South and promoted the narrative of the Lost Cause. Featured are authors W.J. Cash and Thomas Dixon, whose racist novel was the basis for The Birth of a Nation. Drawn from historical research and local memory, it includes the tales of musicians Don Gibson and Bobby "Pepper Head" London, as well as a paratrooper who died in the Battle of the Bulge and other ordinary folks who rest in the cemetery. A bigger responsibility is to give a voice to the silenced, enslaved people of color buried in unmarked graves. Cemeteries are sacred places where artistry and memory meet--to understand, we need both the tales and the tombstones.
Corpse Care
Author: Cody J. Sanders
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
ISBN: 1506471315
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
This volume develops robust, constructive, practical ethics of corpse care that address economic, environmental, and pastoral concerns for caring for the dead.
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
ISBN: 1506471315
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
This volume develops robust, constructive, practical ethics of corpse care that address economic, environmental, and pastoral concerns for caring for the dead.
Tales Behind the Tombstones
Author: Chris Enss
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 076275186X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Tales Behind the Tombstones tells the stories behind the deaths (or supposed deaths) and burials of the Old West's most nefarious outlaws, notorious women, and celebrated lawmen. Readers will learn the story behind Calamity Jane's wish to be buried next to Wild Bill Hickok, discover how and where the Earp brothers came to be buried, and visit the sites of tombs long forgotten while legends have lived on.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 076275186X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Tales Behind the Tombstones tells the stories behind the deaths (or supposed deaths) and burials of the Old West's most nefarious outlaws, notorious women, and celebrated lawmen. Readers will learn the story behind Calamity Jane's wish to be buried next to Wild Bill Hickok, discover how and where the Earp brothers came to be buried, and visit the sites of tombs long forgotten while legends have lived on.
Tales the Tombstones Tell
Author: S. W. Fogo
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Early Sunrise, Early Sunset
Author: Priyanka Rastogi
Publisher: Partridge Publishing
ISBN: 1543705235
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Priyanka Rastogi is a fervent explorer backed with rich experience in travel and tourism Industry from the grassroots level. As an author of ‘Early Sunrise, Early Sunset’, Priyanka opens up three treasure boxes to you, the readers. The first box reveals the beauty of the rising North East India, the seven sisters along with states of Sikkim, West Bengal, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Bihar - inside and out. The first-hand experience of the author highlights the exquisiteness of these states that lies in the simplicity of people, tribal richness and biodiversity through her short yet rooted trips. The second treasure box facilitates the hidden jewels the people - in these states. From the drivers who took her to exotic places, to strangers in homestays, hotels and restaurants, it is the people, who made it possible and gifted her a wonderful experience as a solo woman traveller. The third treasure box defines a different perspective to the ‘matrilineal society’ of North East India. Priyanka, as a mother, an entrepreneur, has beautifully reflected her observations as a woman to explore many non-familiar places. The reflections in the form of this book are Indeed a maiden attempt from her entire family. These treasure boxes are sure to bring the North-Eastern states closer to the map and help to plan your travel itineraries and budgets better.
Publisher: Partridge Publishing
ISBN: 1543705235
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Priyanka Rastogi is a fervent explorer backed with rich experience in travel and tourism Industry from the grassroots level. As an author of ‘Early Sunrise, Early Sunset’, Priyanka opens up three treasure boxes to you, the readers. The first box reveals the beauty of the rising North East India, the seven sisters along with states of Sikkim, West Bengal, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Bihar - inside and out. The first-hand experience of the author highlights the exquisiteness of these states that lies in the simplicity of people, tribal richness and biodiversity through her short yet rooted trips. The second treasure box facilitates the hidden jewels the people - in these states. From the drivers who took her to exotic places, to strangers in homestays, hotels and restaurants, it is the people, who made it possible and gifted her a wonderful experience as a solo woman traveller. The third treasure box defines a different perspective to the ‘matrilineal society’ of North East India. Priyanka, as a mother, an entrepreneur, has beautifully reflected her observations as a woman to explore many non-familiar places. The reflections in the form of this book are Indeed a maiden attempt from her entire family. These treasure boxes are sure to bring the North-Eastern states closer to the map and help to plan your travel itineraries and budgets better.
Werewolves Among Us and Tales Of Horror
Author: Martin A. Gonzalez
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 110549036X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
One chilly early October morning, the body of a newspaper carrier is found brutally mutilated. He's the first of more killing to stump the detectives of the Sullivan Sheriff's Office.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 110549036X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
One chilly early October morning, the body of a newspaper carrier is found brutally mutilated. He's the first of more killing to stump the detectives of the Sullivan Sheriff's Office.
Tombstones I Have Known
Author: Lamar Weaver
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595203981
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Uncle Tom Allen once told me that every time you speak a name of someone deceased somewhere, somehow they feel it and it makes them feel good. My mother had a hobby of clipping obituaries out of newspapers, which she started before I was ever born. She said that they made her laugh and they made her cry. They gave her strength during trying times. After I was born, I too took up the hobby and later in life began to share some of the old epitaphs with friends. This book is a collection of those obituaries, witty epitaphs and a list of where famous people are buried. Later, I wrote newspaper articles and shared with my readers some of these old epitaphs. They wrote me letters telling me how they enjoyed them. Later, I sent copies to friends in the hospital and nursing homes. They told me it cheered them up. So, I decided to write this book to prove that there is some wit in death. It will make you laugh, cry and feel good!
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595203981
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Uncle Tom Allen once told me that every time you speak a name of someone deceased somewhere, somehow they feel it and it makes them feel good. My mother had a hobby of clipping obituaries out of newspapers, which she started before I was ever born. She said that they made her laugh and they made her cry. They gave her strength during trying times. After I was born, I too took up the hobby and later in life began to share some of the old epitaphs with friends. This book is a collection of those obituaries, witty epitaphs and a list of where famous people are buried. Later, I wrote newspaper articles and shared with my readers some of these old epitaphs. They wrote me letters telling me how they enjoyed them. Later, I sent copies to friends in the hospital and nursing homes. They told me it cheered them up. So, I decided to write this book to prove that there is some wit in death. It will make you laugh, cry and feel good!
Hometown Pasadena
Author: Joseph C. Dunn
Publisher: Prospect Park Publishing
ISBN: 9780975393918
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Hometown Pasadena is a new breed of city guide, an in-depth, personality-rich, four-color book written by locals for locals. The five co-authors Colleen Dunn Bates, Jill Ganon, Sandy Gillis, Mel Malmberg and Mary Jane Horton are all longtime San Gabriel Valley residents, and the foreword authors are Larry Mantle (from NPR's KPCC) and Larry Wilson (editor of the Pasadena Star-News). The book is rich in history, arts, culture, restaurants, gardens, architecture, children's activities, sports and much more, and it is filled with interviews with people who make a difference in the community. It is written and designed with wit, style and intelligence. Hometown Pasadena became an immediate success, going into its fourth printing in less than one year. 256 pages, four-color throughout, flexibound binding with flaps, extensive photography and color maps
Publisher: Prospect Park Publishing
ISBN: 9780975393918
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Hometown Pasadena is a new breed of city guide, an in-depth, personality-rich, four-color book written by locals for locals. The five co-authors Colleen Dunn Bates, Jill Ganon, Sandy Gillis, Mel Malmberg and Mary Jane Horton are all longtime San Gabriel Valley residents, and the foreword authors are Larry Mantle (from NPR's KPCC) and Larry Wilson (editor of the Pasadena Star-News). The book is rich in history, arts, culture, restaurants, gardens, architecture, children's activities, sports and much more, and it is filled with interviews with people who make a difference in the community. It is written and designed with wit, style and intelligence. Hometown Pasadena became an immediate success, going into its fourth printing in less than one year. 256 pages, four-color throughout, flexibound binding with flaps, extensive photography and color maps
Tales of the Prague Ghetto
Author: Siegfried Kapper
Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press
ISBN: 8024649454
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 79
Book Description
Trained in philosophy and medicine, the writer, translator, scholar, and political and cultural activist Siegfried Kapper (1821–1879) devoted significant effort to the advancement of Jewish culture in Bohemia, Jewish emancipation, and to the commitment of Jews to contemporary Czech society. The three stories in this collection, which first appeared in the press in the 1840s and were posthumously published as a collection at the end of the century, offer a Romantic and folkloric vision of Jewish culture in Prague. The first story, “Genenda,” displays Kapper’s operatic eye for detail and drama with its account of a dutiful rabbi’s daughter being swept away by a dashing young man, a Christian nobleman disguised as a Jew, a deceit that ends in tragedy. “The Curious Guest” is an intricate tale of a quest for wisdom and power that inevitably leads to the undoing of the arrogant protagonist. The final story, “Glowing Coals,” is a supernatural tale of romantic desire and revenge, displaying Kapper’s skill at deploying the tropes of folklore for dramatic literary effect. The collection not only provides a colorful snapshot of nineteenth-century Czech-Jewish culture but also resonates with universal human themes that transcend a single national experience.
Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press
ISBN: 8024649454
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 79
Book Description
Trained in philosophy and medicine, the writer, translator, scholar, and political and cultural activist Siegfried Kapper (1821–1879) devoted significant effort to the advancement of Jewish culture in Bohemia, Jewish emancipation, and to the commitment of Jews to contemporary Czech society. The three stories in this collection, which first appeared in the press in the 1840s and were posthumously published as a collection at the end of the century, offer a Romantic and folkloric vision of Jewish culture in Prague. The first story, “Genenda,” displays Kapper’s operatic eye for detail and drama with its account of a dutiful rabbi’s daughter being swept away by a dashing young man, a Christian nobleman disguised as a Jew, a deceit that ends in tragedy. “The Curious Guest” is an intricate tale of a quest for wisdom and power that inevitably leads to the undoing of the arrogant protagonist. The final story, “Glowing Coals,” is a supernatural tale of romantic desire and revenge, displaying Kapper’s skill at deploying the tropes of folklore for dramatic literary effect. The collection not only provides a colorful snapshot of nineteenth-century Czech-Jewish culture but also resonates with universal human themes that transcend a single national experience.