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STORIES in STONE NEW YORK WRITTEN and PHOTOGRAPHED BY DOUGLAS KEISTER
HERE IS A GUIDE for those who call the New York City area home and for those who live vicariously through and have studied the lives of the residents of its beautiful cemeteries. In fascinating stories and images, Douglas Keister provides GPS coordinates for most gravesites and discusses cemetery symbols, funerary architecture, secret societies and clubs, people, and even their dogs.
DOUGLAS KEISTER is based in Chico, California, and has authored more than thirty-five critically acclaimed books.
He also writes and illustrates magazine articles and contributes photographs and essays to dozens of magazines, newspapers, books, calendars, posters, and greeting cards worldwide. His wealth of books on architecture has earned him the title, "America's most noted photographer of historic architecture." His book on cemetery symbolism, Stories in the Stone: A Field Guide to Cemetery Symbolism, has garnered a number of glowing reviews. Sunset magazine said, "Keister has done for cemetery exploration what Audubon did for birding." Keister has also authored additional cemetery guides titled Forever Dixie and Forever L.A. You can visit him on the web at www.douglaskeister.com.
In the nineteenth century, large cemeteries were major tourist and recreation destinations. Until the establishment of public parks such as Central Park in Manhattan in 1848, there was little public open space. This was particularly true in large cities. Soon after Green-Wood Cemetery was established in Brooklyn in 1838, the public flocked there in droves. In fact, the public's appreciation of this green oasis was so great that cries soon went out for the establishment of something similar in Manhattan. Thus the seeds of Central Park were sewn.
About New York 5
Architecture-Going Out in Style 7
Cemeteries 18
The Big Four
The Green-Wood Cemetery 21
The Woodlawn Cemetery 51
Kensico Cemetery 87
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery 103
Manhattan Resting Places
The Holy Trinitys 127
St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery 135
St. Patrick's Cathedral Crypts 139
Grant's Tomb 141
Eternal Excursions
Calvary Cemetery 147
Cypress Hills Cemetery 151
Ferncliff Cemetery 157
Gate of Heaven Cemetery 171
Moravian Cemetery 177
St. Raymond's Old & New Cemeteries 181
Humane Remains
Hartsdale Pet Cemetery 189
Cemetery Symbolism 199
Secret Societies, Clubs, and Organizations 217
Stories in Stone 231
Index 252
Acknowledgments and References 256
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Posted February 25, 2012
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STORIES in STONE NEW YORK WRITTEN and PHOTOGRAPHED BY DOUGLAS KEISTER
HERE IS A GUIDE for those who call the New York City area home and for those who live vicariously through and have studied the lives of the residents of its beautiful cemeteries. In fascinating stories and images, Douglas Keister provides GPS coordinates for most gravesites and discusses cemetery symbols, funerary architecture, secret societies and clubs, people, and even ...