Ozarks' History Bookshelf: Gone to the Grave 🪦

We are excited to share our new & additional series, Ozarks' History Bookshelf. Today, we will be highlighting Gone to the Grave. 🪦

Gone to the Grave, one of our favorite books, by Abby Burnett is an excellent resource if you ever chance through a cemetery or enjoy spending time on those sacred grounds. 

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Gone to the Grave, a meticulous autopsy of this now vanished way of life and death, documents mourning and practical rituals through interviews, diaries and reminiscences, obituaries, and a wide variety of other sources. Abby Burnett covers attempts to stave off death; passings that, for various reasons, could not be mourned according to tradition; factors contributing to high maternal and infant mortality; and the ways in which loss was expressed through obituaries and epitaphs. A concluding chapter examines early undertaking practices and the many angles funeral industry professionals worked to convince the public of the need for their services. - from publisher, ‎ University Press of Mississippi

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