{"product_id":"book-gs9h","title":"Over My Dead Body","description":"\u003cp\u003eA lively tour through the history of US cemeteries that explores how, where, and why we bury our dead\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMelville’s Over My Dead Body is a lively (pun intended) and wide-ranging history of cemeteries, places that have mirrored the passing eras in history but have also 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut 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. Over My Dead Body explores everything—history, sustainability, land use, and more—and what it really means to memorialize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLocales visited in Over My Dead Body\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShawsheen Cemetery – Bedford, Massachusetts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 1607 Burial Ground – Historic Jamestowne, Virginia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBurial Hill – Plymouth, Massachusetts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColonial Jewish Burial Ground – Newport, Rhode Island\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMonticello’s African American Graveyard – Charlottesville, Virginia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMount Auburn Cemetery – Cambridge, Massachusetts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreen-Wood Cemetery – Brooklyn, New York\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaurel Grove Cemetery – Savannah, Georgia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSleepy Hollow Cemetery – Concord, Massachusetts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCentral Park – New York, New York\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand Many More!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Findaway World, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49415718568240,"sku":"BDgs9h","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/557033-gs9h-Square.jpg?v=1736028282","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-gs9h","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}