{"product_id":"fifteen-florida-cemeteries-strange-tales-unearthed-9780813035727","title":"Fifteen Florida Cemeteries: Strange Tales Unearthed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFlorida's buried history comes to life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Cemeteries are as much a place for the living as they are for the dead, and Lola Haskins brings to life some of the interesting people buried in \u003ci\u003eFifteen Florida Cemeteries\u003c\/i\u003e. Along with local history information about the cemeteries and the towns where they're located, she highlights fascinating stories of many people buried there. This book is a fun, informative read for those enamored with cemeteries.\"--Sharon DeBartolo Carmack, author of \u003ci\u003eYour Guide to Cemetery Research\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"With a poet's insight, Lola Haskins reveals varied chapters of Florida's fascinating history in an unusual way: by visiting some of the state's most distinctive cemeteries. Readers will find themselves in the company of a delightful guide with an eye for quirky details (the gravestone that reads 'See Reverse Side') and for spooky tales. But we also find in Haskins a sympathetic companion who understands the great issues of mortality and grief we confront in cemeteries.\"--Joy Wallace Dickinson, author of \u003ci\u003eRemembering Orlando\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLola Haskins takes readers on a tour like no other. Travelling to Florida's most interesting cemeteries, she visits Napoleon's nephew, tells the gruesome story of a man who dug up his love and lived with her for seven years, and even shares a murder mystery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether the final resting places of Civil War soldiers killed in battle or of the four-hundred-year-old remains of nuns peacefully interred by their shell-studded chapel, each plot has a unique story to tell. The 1918 flu epidemic, for example, comes alive in five graves behind a small white church overlooking the Santa Fe River: four children and their mother, dead within a week of each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach chapter features a substantial description of (and driving directions to) a particular location, an overview of the local community, and an extended profile of one of that cemetery's most interesting \"residents.\" Haskins also includes first-person reflections on mortality, on what it means to die and to grieve for the dead, and fact-filled discussions of changing burial practices and religious beliefs. She even visits a pet cemetery and a racehorse cemetery, sharing stories of a ghost dog and a horse that got a speeding ticket.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAward-winning poet \u003cb\u003eLola Haskins\u003c\/b\u003e has written twelve books and is a contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe Wild Heart of Florida\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Florida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/27\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813035727\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 4.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Lola Haskins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51798374940853,"sku":"9780813035727","price":19.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_6e7339c0-63b9-4a1e-b003-88d27596422b.jpg?v=1758638353","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/fifteen-florida-cemeteries-strange-tales-unearthed-9780813035727","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}