| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
191 pages : illustrations, plates ; 27 cm |
| Summary |
"A sumptuous photographic portrait of New Orleans' legendary cemeteries and their collage of architectural monuments, sculptural memorials, ironwork, and landscapes, shown as living structures that are unique expressions of remembrance and identity. The open-air museums of each cemetery, really tell vivid stories about the Crescent City's haunting social history. With S. Frederick Starr's introduction, Brantley's 20 brief biographies, and Heather Veneziano's symbolic interpretations, Sacred Ground offers an absolute and artful display of the rituals, traditions, and unusual customs born out of New Orleans' environment, religious culture, and ethnic diversity."--Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Part 1. Twenty biographies : identity, history, rites of passage -- Silent sentinels against time -- Nicolas Mioton (1791-1834) -- John Lawless (1810-1850) Kasper Auch (1811-1886) -- John Davidson (1816-1872) -- Richard B. Sumner (1816-1868) -- Edward Sweeney (1822-1874) -- Rev. Emperor Williams (1826-1896) -- Seymour Alexander Stewart (1835-1856) -- John Oliver Locke (1839-1864) -- Captain Eugene Pierre Gaspard (1839-1889) -- Reverend Father Rene M. J. Vallee (1839-1892) -- William H. Webb (1839-1884) -- Constantine Otto Weber (1847-1901) -- Martha Lena Little (1856-1920) -- Heinrick "Henry" Benthin (1857-1928) -- Reverend Albert Richard Edbrooke (1870-1925) -- Virginia Gleaves Lazarus (1871-1897) -- Charles Ferdinand Vorbusch (1891-1915) -- Leslie Philip Backes (1897-1918) -- Indigent Burial (unknown-2018) -- Part 2. Plates -- Cypress Grove Cemetery -- Dispersed of Judah Cemetery -- Greenwood Cemetery -- Lafayette Cemetery #1 & #2 -- Metairie Cemetery -- St. Louis Cemetery #1, #2 & #3 -- St. Patrick's Cemetery #1 & #2 -- Additional cemeteries: St. Vincent de Paul Cemetery #1 & #2, Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery, Holt Cemetery, Hebrew Rest Cemetery -- Anshe Sfard Cemetery -- Chevra Thilim Cemetery, Masonic Cemetery #1, St. Joseph's Cemetery #1, and Carrollton Cemetery #1 -- A photographer's vision. |
| Subject |
Cemeteries -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
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Cemeteries -- Louisiana -- Pictorial works.
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New Orleans (La.) -- Biography.
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Cemeteries. (OCoLC)fst00850521
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Louisiana. (OCoLC)fst01207035
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Louisiana -- New Orleans.
(OCoLC)fst01204311
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Pictorial works. (OCoLC)fst01423874
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| Added Author |
Starr, S. Frederick, writer of foreword.
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| Added Title |
New Orleans cemeteries |
| ISBN |
9781616898212 hardcover alkaline paper |
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1616898216 hardcover alkaline paper |
| Standard No. |
40029619890 |
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