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Author Rosen, Fred.

Title Cremation in America / Fred Rosen.

Publication Info. Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2004.
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 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  393.2 ROSEN    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  393.2 R72    Check Shelf
Description 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents February 2002: the Tri-State crematory scandal -- Preantiquity through the eleventh century -- Sir Henry to the rescue -- Baron De Palm gets hot -- Dr. LeMoyne fights for the American retort -- The fire after the hurricane -- Villa, Shorter, and the Vatican -- "I'll give it a shot": arranging my own cremation -- John F. Jennedy Jr.: icon of cremation -- Diamonds are a girl's/man's best friend -- The dead wives club (how murderers use cremation to cover up their crimes) -- Tri-State revisited -- Ted Williams, the future of cremation and SARS.
Subject Cremation -- United States -- History.
Undertakers and undertaking -- United States -- History.
United States -- Social life and customs.
ISBN 1591021367
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