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Michael Kammen

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Description:With "Digging Up the Dead," Pulitzer PrizeOCowinning historian Michael Kammen reveals a treasure trove of fascinating, surprising, and occasionally gruesome stories of exhumation and reburial throughout American history. Taking us to the contested grave sites of such figures as Sitting Bull, John Paul Jones, Frank Lloyd Wright, Daniel Boone, Jefferson Davis, and even Abraham Lincoln, Kammen explores how complicated interactions of regional pride, shifting reputations, and evolving burial practices led to public and often emotional battles over the final resting places of famous figures. Grave-robbing, skull-fondling, cases of mistaken identity, and the financial lures of cemetery tourism all come into play as Kammen delves deeply into this little-knownOCoyet surprisingly persistentOCoaspect of American history.aSimultaneously insightful and interesting, masterly and macabre, "Digging Up the Dead" reminds us that the stories of American history donOCOt always end when the key players pass on. Rather, the battleOCoover reputations, interpretations, and, last but far from least, possession of the remains themselvesOCois often just beginning.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Digging Up the Dead: A History of Notable American Reburials. To get started finding Digging Up the Dead: A History of Notable American Reburials, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 274

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

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Release: 2014

ISBN: 0226423328

Description: With "Digging Up the Dead," Pulitzer PrizeOCowinning historian Michael Kammen reveals a treasure trove of fascinating, surprising, and occasionally gruesome stories of exhumation and reburial throughout American history. Taking us to the contested grave sites of such figures as Sitting Bull, John Paul Jones, Frank Lloyd Wright, Daniel Boone, Jefferson Davis, and even Abraham Lincoln, Kammen explores how complicated interactions of regional pride, shifting reputations, and evolving burial practices led to public and often emotional battles over the final resting places of famous figures. Grave-robbing, skull-fondling, cases of mistaken identity, and the financial lures of cemetery tourism all come into play as Kammen delves deeply into this little-knownOCoyet surprisingly persistentOCoaspect of American history.aSimultaneously insightful and interesting, masterly and macabre, "Digging Up the Dead" reminds us that the stories of American history donOCOt always end when the key players pass on. Rather, the battleOCoover reputations, interpretations, and, last but far from least, possession of the remains themselvesOCois often just beginning.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Digging Up the Dead: A History of Notable American Reburials. To get started finding Digging Up the Dead: A History of Notable American Reburials, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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