Cremation in America / Fred Rosen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosen, Fred.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cremation--United States--History.

Cremation.

Undertakers and undertaking--United States--History.

Undertakers and undertaking.

History.

United States--Social life and customs.

United States.

Manners and customs.

Physical Description:

278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2004.

Summary:

A review of the history, the practice, and the industry of this increasingly common, yet still controversial, alternative to burial.

Contents:

Prologue

1971: James Bond's Cremation 13

Chapter 1 February 2002: The Tri-State Crematory Scandal 19

Chapter 2 Preantiquity through the Eleventh Century 29

Chapter 3 Sir Henry to the Rescue 39

Chapter 4 Baron De Palm Gets Hot 51

Chapter 5 Dr. LeMoyne Fights for the American Retort 67

Chapter 6 The Fire after the Hurricane 81

Chapter 7 Villa, Shorter, and the Vatican 97

Chapter 8 "I'll Give It a Shot": Arranging My Own Cremation 111

Chapter 9 John F. Kennedy Jr.: Icon of Cremation 125

Chapter 10 Diamonds Are a Girl's/Man's Best Friend 137

Chapter 11 The Dead Wives Club (How Murderers Use Cremation to Cover Up Their Crimes) 147

Chapter 12 Tri-State Revisited 157

Chapter 13 Ted Williams, the Future of Cremation and SARS 171

Appendix A Celebrities Whose Ashes Were Scattered on Land 179

Appendix B Celebrities Whose Ashes Were Scattered on Water 193

Appendix C Forms Needed for Arranging a Cremation 203

Appendix D Cremation Statistics 217

Appendix E Sir Thomas Browne's "Hydriotaphia" 221.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-273) and index.

ISBN:

1591021367

OCLC:

53375331