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Tales from Kentucky funeral homes / William Lynwood Montell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Undertakers and undertaking--Kentucky--Anecdotes.
- Undertakers and undertaking.
- Funeral rites and ceremonies--Kentucky--Anecdotes.
- Funeral rites and ceremonies.
- Death--Social aspects--Kentucky--Anecdotes.
- Death.
- Kentucky--Social life and customs--Anecdotes.
- Kentucky.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (209 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In Tales from Kentucky Funeral Homes, William Lynwood Montell has collected stories and reminiscences from funeral home directors and embalmers across the state. These accounts provide a record of the business of death as it has been practiced in Kentucky over the past fifty years. The collection ranges from tales of old-time burial practices, to stories about funeral customs unique to the African American community, to tales of premonitions, mistakes, and even humorous occurrences. Other stories involve such unusual aspects of the business as snake-handling funerals, mistaken identities, a
- Contents:
- Funeral and burial practices through the years
- Funeral and burial folk customs
- Funeral humor and mistakes
- Personal practice stories
- Memories of family funeral businesses
- The bereaved
- Biographies of storytellers.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786612937514
- 9781282937512
- 1282937510
- 9780813173610
- 0813173612
- OCLC:
- 496124175
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