{"product_id":"over-my-dead-body-by-greg-melville-9781419754852","title":"Over My Dead Body","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA lively tour through the history of US cemeteries that explores how, where, and why we bury our dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe summer before his senior year in college, Greg Melville worked at the cemetery in his hometown, and thanks to hour upon hour of pushing a mower over the grassy acres, he came to realise what a rich story the place told of his town and its history. Thus was born Melville’s lifelong curiosity with how, where, and why we bury and commemorate our dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGreg Melville's \u003cem\u003eOver My Dead Body\u003c\/em\u003e is a lively (pun intended) and wide-ranging history of cemeteries, places that have mirrored the passing eras in history but also have shaped it. Cemeteries have given birth to landscape architecture and famous parks, as well as influenced architectural styles. They’ve inspired and motivated some of our greatest poets and authors—Emerson, Whitman, Dickinson. They’ve been used as political tools to shift the country’s discourse and as important symbols of the United States' ambition and reach.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut they are changing and fading. Embalming and burial is incredibly toxic, and while cremations have just recently surpassed burials in popularity, they’re not great for the environment either. \u003cem\u003eOver My Dead Body\u003c\/em\u003e explores everything—history, sustainability, land use, and more—and what it really means to memorialise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLocales visited in \u003cem\u003eOver My Dead Body\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eShawsheen Cemetery – Bedford, Massachusetts\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe 1607 Burial Ground – Historic Jamestowne, Virginia\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBurial Hill – Plymouth, Massachusetts\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eColonial Jewish Burial Ground – Newport, Rhode Island\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eMonticello’s African American Graveyard – Charlottesville, Virginia\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eMount Auburn Cemetery – Cambridge, Massachusetts\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eGreen-Wood Cemetery – Brooklyn, New York\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eLaurel Grove Cemetery – Savannah, Georgia\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSleepy Hollow Cemetery – Concord, Massachusetts\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCentral Park – New York, New York\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eGettysburg National Cemetery – Gettysburg, Pennsylvania\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eArlington National Cemetery – Arlington, Virginia\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eWoodlawn Cemetery – Bronx, New York\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBoothill Graveyard – Tombhill, Arizona\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eForest Lawn Memorial-Park – Glenwood, California\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe Chapel of the Chimes – Oakland, California\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eHollywood Forever Cemetery – Los Angeles, California\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eNature's Sanctuary – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46849656389868,"sku":"9781419754852","price":45.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/13316053482693.jpg?v=1759058197","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/over-my-dead-body-by-greg-melville-9781419754852","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}