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In Tales from Kentucky Funeral Homes, William Lynwood Montell has collected stories and reminiscences from funeral home directors and embalmers across the state. These accounts provide a record of the business of death as it has been practiced in Kentucky over the past fifty years. The collection ra...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2009.
Temas:
Undertakers and undertaking > Kentucky > Anecdotes.
Funeral rites and ceremonies > Kentucky > Anecdotes.
Death > Social aspects > Kentucky > Anecdotes.
Funérailles > Rites et cérémonies > Kentucky > Anecdotes.
Mort > Aspect social > Kentucky > Anecdotes.
REFERENCE > Etiquette.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Death > Social aspects.
Funeral rites and ceremonies.
Manners and customs.
Undertakers and undertaking.
Kentucky > Social life and customs > Anecdotes.
Kentucky > Mœurs et coutumes > Anecdotes.
Kentucky.
Electronic books.
Anecdotes.
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Sumario:In Tales from Kentucky Funeral Homes, William Lynwood Montell has collected stories and reminiscences from funeral home directors and embalmers across the state. These accounts provide a record of the business of death as it has been practiced in Kentucky over the past fifty years. The collection ranges from tales of old-time burial practices, to stories about funeral customs unique to the African American community, to tales of premonitions, mistakes, and even humorous occurrences. Other stories involve such unusual aspects of the business as snake-handling funerals, mistaken identities, and.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (198 pages)
ISBN:9780813173610
0813173612
9780813139432
0813139430
1282937510
9781282937512

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