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The Whole Death Catalog: A Lively Guide To The Bitter End (2009)

by Harold Schechter(Favorite Author)

3.85 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0345499646 (ISBN13: 9780345499646)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Ballantine Books

review 1: Lively indeed, although I had pretty much already read or knew about the info HS presents. The ebook version is rather badly laid out (pics w/the captions on the next page, what are obviously boxed insets interrupting the narratve text, etc.) and I would have preferred a physical copy. On the plus side of the e version, there are a jillion fascinating links that you can instantly access. My personal favorite is Mummy Bear...don't ask, just read the book.
review 2: A very entertaining, broad overview of the business of death. Though it didn't have a lot of what I really need for my personal research (information on older, foreign methods and rituals of death), most of the information is modern and helpful to those looking to understand the business of curren... moret American funerals. At least, I think it is. Not being an expert in that, I wouldn't know. But it did seem helpful.It's written in a wry, no-nonsense tone that makes it enjoyable to read. Recommended if you want a basic understanding of how death works, so to speak, in 21st century America. less

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