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Cemeteries of New Orleans: A Journey through the Cities of the Dead
Cemeteries of New Orleans A Journey through the Cities of the Dead Author:Jan Arrigo The author/photographer team of Jan Arrigo and Laura A. McElroy interprets the spirit of the collective "cities" and the people whose lives are memorialized within. Historic cemeteries such as St. Louis #1, 2, and 3, Holt, Greenwood, St. Patricks, St. Roch, Cypress Grove, Metairie, Odd Fellows Rest, and the citys Jewish cemet... more »eries are covered in individual chapters. Bonus chapters, "Bayou Burial and Farther Afield" and "Along the River Road," present intriguing twilight candle-lighting rituals and unusual Mississippi riverside settings (not included in other books) where resurrection ferns obscure French engraved headstones amidst sugarcane fields and nearby paddle-wheeling steamboats. Sidebars entitled "All Saints Day"; "The Jazz Funeral;" and "Marie Laveau, Voodoo Queen" add depth, and a "whos buried where" feature helps sleuths find the famous. Since New Orleans lies below sea level, coffins have been known to float away after heavy rains, but other, even more surprising reasons why residents buried their dead above ground are revealed here. Unusual tales about corpses, coffins, and crypts are also disclosed. Cemeteries of New Orleans: A Journey through the Cities of the Dead uncovers a topic of intense interest to anyone whos ever visited or read about New Orleans and its famed cities of the dead.« less