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Though silent they speak : Arkansas gravestones and graveyards / Abby Burnett.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Burnett, Abby, Author.
Contributor:
JSTOR (Online Service)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Sepulchral monuments--Arkansas.
Sepulchral monuments.
Cemeteries--Arkansas.
Cemeteries.
Epitaphs--Arkansas.
Epitaphs.
Inscriptions--Arkansas.
Inscriptions.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Place of Publication:
Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2025.
Contents:
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. An overview of Arkansas cemeteries
Chapter 2. African American graveyards and grave markers
Chapter 3. Grave markers and mortuary structures
Chapter 4. Tombstone inscriptions
Chapter 5. Portraits and personalities
Chapter 6. Private graves in public places
Chapter 7. Animals
on and in graves
Chapter 8. Seers, circus folk, eccentrics, and graveyard oddities
Chapter 9. Reading stones, collecting stories
Arkansas cemeteries by county
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
Other Format:
Online version Burnett, Abby Though silent they speak
ISBN:
9781496860477 (electronic bk.)
1496860470 (electronic bk.)
Publisher Number:
40033007644
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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