{"product_id":"over-my-dead-body","title":"Over My Dead Body","description":"The 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 realize 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.  \u003cbr\u003e    Melville’s \u003ci\u003eOver My Dead Body\u003c\/i\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.  \u003cbr\u003e    But 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. \u003ci\u003eOver My Dead Body\u003c\/i\u003e explores everything—history, sustainability, land use, and more—and what it really means to memorialize. \u003cbr\u003e    \u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eLocales visited in \u003ci\u003eOver My Dead Body\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e \u003cbr\u003e     Shawsheen Cemetery – Bedford, Massachusetts \u003cbr\u003e     The 1607 Burial Ground – Historic Jamestowne, Virginia \u003cbr\u003e     Burial Hill – Plymouth, Massachusetts \u003cbr\u003e     Colonial Jewish Burial Ground – Newport, Rhode Island \u003cbr\u003e     Monticello’s African American Graveyard – Charlottesville, Virginia \u003cbr\u003e     Mount Auburn Cemetery – Cambridge, Massachusetts \u003cbr\u003e     Green-Wood Cemetery – Brooklyn, New York \u003cbr\u003e     Laurel Grove Cemetery – Savannah, Georgia \u003cbr\u003e     Sleepy Hollow Cemetery – Concord, Massachusetts \u003cbr\u003e     Central Park – New York, New York \u003cbr\u003e     Gettysburg National Cemetery – Gettysburg, Pennsylvania \u003cbr\u003e     Arlington National Cemetery – Arlington, Virginia \u003cbr\u003e     Woodlawn Cemetery – Bronx, New York \u003cbr\u003e     Boothill Graveyard – Tombhill, Arizona \u003cbr\u003e     Forest Lawn Memorial-Park – Glenwood, California \u003cbr\u003e     The Chapel of the Chimes – Oakland, California \u003cbr\u003e     Hollywood Forever Cemetery – Los Angeles, California \u003cbr\u003e     Nature’s Sanctuary – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania","brand":"ABRAMS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42663986528292,"sku":"9781419754869","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0725\/9734\/0196\/files\/9781419754869.jpg?v=1777352451","url":"https:\/\/thamesandhudson.com.au\/products\/over-my-dead-body","provider":"Thames \u0026 Hudson Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}