| Gatherings From Grave Yards Contributor(s): Walker, George Alfred (Author) |
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ISBN: 0766162494 ISBN-13: 9780766162495 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $26.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2003 Annotation: Particularly those of London, with a concise history of the modes of interment among different nations from the earliest periods, and a detail of dangerous and fatal results produced by the unwise and revolting custom of inhuming the dead in the midst of the living. In this work will be found a comprehensive history of the modes of interment among all nations, from the remotest antiquity; showing that the wisest among mankind, not only perceived the dangers to be apprehended from the burial of the dead in the neighborhood of the living, but rigidly prohibited the practice. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Death & Dying |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 8.3" W x 11.1" (1.44 lbs) 280 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. |