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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Helen Chappell , Starke Jett (Photographer, Reedville Fisherman's Museum)Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press Dimensions: Width: 20.30cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 0.652kg ISBN: 9780801860416ISBN 10: 0801860415 Pages: 152 Publication Date: 06 July 1999 Recommended Age: From 18 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Chapter 1. In The Midst Of Life, We Are In Death Chapter 2. Parting Shot Chapter 3. She Came Back From The Grave Chapter 4. Tales From Tidewater Virginia Chapter 5. Customary Woe Chapter 6. Batwings Chapter 7. Harriet Tubman Is Buried Away Chapter 8. A Lonely Place To Lie Chapter 9. The Last Word Chapter 10. Congressional Cemetery Chapter 11. Murdered By Cyrus Stack Chapter 12. Death And The Doctor Chapter 13. Green Mount, Baltimore Chapter 14. Kids Just Know These Things Chapter 15. Oat Hill And Rock Creek Chapter 16. Scott And Zelda Chapter 17. Floating Coffins Chapter 18. Arlington National Cemetery Chapter 19. One That Got Away Chapter 20. Larger Than Death Chapter 21. On Death And Burial Chapter 22. Old St. Paul's Cemetery Chapter 23. Arvel Johnson On His Native Soil Chapter 24. Miss Olivia And Miss June Chapter 25. Paying Our Respects To Mr. Poe Chapter 26. Arts And Crafts Chapter 27. A Tribute To The Graveyard Mind Suggested ReadingReviewsFrom Helen Chappell, a native and resident of Talbot County and one of the very best writers in the region, comes observation and musing about dead people, graveyards, tombstones, funerals, burials, and grieving customs around the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, Virginia, and D.C... Being witty as well as serious about death in the same book is a risky business, of course. But Chappell manages it handily... The best-written and most entertaining new book on the subject. -- John Goodspeed Easton Star Democrat From Helen Chappell, a native and resident of Talbot County and one of the very best writers in the region, come observation and musing about dead people, graveyards, tombstones, funerals, burials, and grieving customs around the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, Virginia, and D.C...Being witty as well as serious about death in the same book is a risky business, of course. But Chappell manages it handily...The best-written and most entertaining new book on the subject. --John Goodspeed, 'Easton Star-Democrat' Author InformationWriter Helen Chappell, a columnist for the Tidewater Times and frequent contributor to the Baltimore Sun and the Washington Post, is the author of numerous books, including The Oysterback Tales, also available from Johns Hopkins, and Oysterback Spoken Here, as well as the Sam Wescott-Hollis Ball mystery series, of which Give Up the Ghost is the most recent example. Chappell lives on Maryland's Eastern Shore.Starke Jett V has received numerous awards of excellence for his photographs, which have appeared in such publications as Chespeake Bay, Soundings, Wooden Boat, and Classic Boat. In 1991 and 1992, he worked on a project documenting the watermen of the Northern Neck of Virginia in association with the Reedville Fisherman's Museum and the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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