Over Their Dead Bodies
Yankee Epitaphs & History

By Thomas C. Mann & Janet Greene

Front Cover:

This unusual book was published in 1962 by The Stephen Greene Press, Brattleboro, Vermont. The book measures 5 3/8 inches by 9 inches and contains xii, 103 pages. The dust jacket shows signs of wear and light soiling. The cover of the book itself shows minor signs of wear. The spine is tight and the hinges are strong. The title is in gilt on the spine. A small gilt emblem is embossed on the front board. The pages show no signs of rips. Exceptions noted, the overall condition of the book is good.


Contents:

Acknowledgements
Foreword

I. Through 1775: Pioneer and Colonial Life
II. 1776-1815: War, Reason and Revivalism
III. !816-1870: The Age of Ferment
IV. !871 to the Present: The Big New World
Index



Excerpt - Dust Jacket:
- When you get right down to it: where’s the best place to tell your story or state what you stood for?

Average old-time New Englanders and a number of modern ones believed that the logical place to say their say was on their gravestones. Their often stunning frankness has produced three centuries of highly personal comments on religion, politics, death, wars, love, marriage and social change, carved on markers in thousands of cemeteries throughout the region…
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