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Grave Matters

By Mark Harris

Grave Matters Death & Mourning

Grave Matters

By Mark Harris

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In the morbidly fascinating tradition of Stiff, Grave Matters follows families who found in "green" burial a more natural, more economic, and ultimately more meaningful alternative to the tired and toxic send-off on offer at the local funeral parlor. Eschewing chemical embalming and fancy caskets, elaborate and costly funerals, the families followed in Grave Matters have embraced a range of natural options, new and old, that are redefining a better American way of death. Environmental journalist Mark Harris examines this new green burial underground, leading you into natural cemeteries and domestic graveyards, taking you aboard boats from which ashes and memorial "reef balls" are cast into the sea. He follows a family that conducts a home funeral, one that delivers a loved one to the crematory, and another that hires a carpenter to build a pine coffin. Harris details the embalming process and the environmental aftermath of the standard funeral. He also traces the history of burial in America, from frontier cemeteries to the billion-dollar business it is today, reporting on real families who opted for more simple, natural returns. For readers who want to follow the examples of these families and, literally, give back from the grave, appendices detail everything you need to know, from exact costs and laws to natural burial providers and their contact information.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
224
Release Date:
2008-12-09
Publication Date:
2008-12-09
Publisher:
Scribner Book Company
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1416564047
ISBN13:
9781416564041
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
200 g
Height:
137 cm
Width:
208 cm
Thickness:
15 cm
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