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Gravestones of Early New England and the Men who Made Them 1653 1800
Author | : Harriette Merrifield Forbes |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Design |
ISBN | : UOM:39015003833806 |
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Reading the Gravestones of Old New England
Author | : John G.S. Hanson |
Publsiher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 255 |
Release | : 2021-11-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781476643298 |
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The graveyards of old New England hold an incredible range of poetic messages in the epitaphs etched into the gravestones, each a profound expression of emotion, culture, religion, and literature. These epitaphs are old, but their themes are timeless: mourning and faith, grief and hope, loss, and memory. This book tells the story of a years-long walk among gravestones and shares insights gained along the way. It identifies the source texts and authors chosen for these stones; interprets something of the tastes and beliefs of the people who did the choosing; offers some hypotheses on the various ways these texts were accessible to readers in remote towns and villages; gives a brief summary of the religious context of the times; and reflects on how the language and literature chosen for these epitaphs express these peoples' conflicted and evolving attitudes towards life, death, and eternity.
Reading the Gravestones of Old New England
Author | : John G.S. Hanson |
Publsiher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 255 |
Release | : 2021-10-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781476685458 |
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The graveyards of old New England hold an incredible range of poetic messages in the epitaphs etched into the gravestones, each a profound expression of emotion, culture, religion, and literature. These epitaphs are old, but their themes are timeless: mourning and faith, grief and hope, loss, and memory. This book tells the story of a years-long walk among gravestones and shares insights gained along the way. It identifies the source texts and authors chosen for these stones; interprets something of the tastes and beliefs of the people who did the choosing; offers some hypotheses on the various ways these texts were accessible to readers in remote towns and villages; gives a brief summary of the religious context of the times; and reflects on how the language and literature chosen for these epitaphs express these peoples' conflicted and evolving attitudes towards life, death, and eternity.
Carved in Stone
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Wesleyan University Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024-01-02 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 0819501247 |
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Evocative photographs and essay illuminate early American gravestones Gravestones are colonial America's earliest sculpture and they provide a unique physical link to the European people who settled here. Carved in Stone book is an elegant collection of over 80 fine duotone photographs, each a personal meditation on an old stone carving, and on New England's past, where these stones tell stories about death at sea, epidemics such as small pox, the loss of children, and a grim view of the afterlife. The essay is a graceful narrative that explores a long personal involvement with the stones and their placement in New England landscape, and attempts to trace the curious and imperfectly documented story of carvers. Brief quotes from early New England writers accompany the images, and captions provide basic information about each stone. These meditative portraits present an intimate view of figures from New England graveyards and will be enjoyed by anyone with an interest in early Americana and fine art photography.
Early New England Gravestone Rubbings
Author | : Edmund Vincent Gillon |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 1966 |
Genre | : Rubbing |
ISBN | : IND:39000005903849 |
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Reproductions of gravestone rubbings from grave sites in New England.
Gravestones of Early New England and the Men who Made Them
Author | : Harriette Merrifield Forbes |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1927 |
Genre | : Boston (Mass.) |
ISBN | : UOM:39015027877847 |
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Stones and Bones of New England
Author | : Lisa Rogak |
Publsiher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2016-05-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781493023806 |
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Whether it's for their solace and beauty or for the sense of history that seeps from the ground, cemeteries are fascinating places to visit, this guide shows where to find the most interesting and unusual ones in all of New England. Some have headstones that are fine art, others are associated with notorious events, and others are the final resting place of famous poets, soldiers, and statesmen. Included are large public facilities as well as the small family burying grounds hidden away behind crumbling stone walls and along once-cultivated farmland. A sampling of cemeteries profiled: *Hope Cemetery in Barre, Vermont, where lifelike sculptures of angels and Greek goddesses stand next to a stone soccer ball and Shell Oil truck gravemarker, all elaborately carved from local granite by immigrant Italian stonecutters. *Spider Gates Cemetery, in Leicester, Massachusetts, a notorious Quaker burying ground famed for its frequent ghost sightings and still in use today. *A cemetery situated on the raised median of the Interstate in Warner, New Hampshire,which was preserved in 1970 by highway planners, who constructed the roadway around it. *Evergreen Cemetery in New Haven, Vermont, final resting place of Timothy Clark Smith, whose 1893 crypt includes a window to help him escape in case he was buried alive. Driving directions are provided for each cemetery, and detailed maps show the location of the more obscure graveyards. This unique guide offers an intriguing way to learn about the history and culture of New England.
Reading Rural Landscapes A Field Guide to New England s Past
Author | : Robert Stanford |
Publsiher | : Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2015-07-30 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780884483700 |
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William Faulkner once said, "The past is never dead. It's not even past." Nowhere can you see the truth behind his comment more plainly than in rural New England, especially Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and western Massachusetts. Everywhere we go in rural New England, the past surrounds us. In the woods and fields and along country roads, the traces are everywhere if we know what to look for and how to interpret what we see. A patch of neglected daylilies marks a long-abandoned homestead. A grown-over cellar hole with nearby stumps and remnants of stone wall and orchard shows us where a farm has been reclaimed by forest. And a piece of a stone dam and wooden sluice mark the site of a long-gone mill. Although slumping back into the landscape, these features speak to us if we can hear them and they can guide us to ancestral homesteads and famous sites. Lavishly illustrated with drawings and color photos. Provides the keys to interpret human artifacts in fields, woods, and roadsides and to reconstruct the past from surviving clues. Perfect to carry in a backpack or glove box. A unique and valuable resource for road trips, genealogical research, naturalists, and historians.