{"product_id":"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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press of Florida","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48728982946032,"sku":"9780813035727","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780813035727_p0.jpg?v=1769910182","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780813035727","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}