COLONIAL & VICTORIAN
NEW YORK IS A RUBBER'S PARADISE - A Guide to the Interesting Cemeteries in the 5 Boroughs
In spite of the fact that New Yorkers knock down their architectural treasures more than save them, a few old cemeteries have survived from Colonial & Victorian times and dot the 5 boros, reachable by the cost of a subway ride. This edition includes a history of burial customs from the 1600s, known folk sculptors, a guide to old sites, and describes interesting ethnic & military cemeteries, plus translations of languages & images.
CONTENTS: History of Burial in the City; The Ghosts of Gotham; Colonial & Victorian Cemeteries in the Boroughs; Cemeteries of Special Interest: Minorities, the Military; Gravestone Interpretation; Symbols on Stones, Foreign Language Translations, Decoding Latin Dates, Identifying N.Y. carvers.
SPECIAL FEATURE: A 15 page locator index of every cemetery, with addresses, phone numbers, travel directions.
2000 ISBN 0-930194-54-3 76 pp. Paper $13.95, Addendum only $1.37 Download Order Form
IDENTIFYING COLONIAL CARVERS in the New York-New Jersey area. Figuring out who's who. Cartoons.
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