{"product_id":"9781935278313","title":"Great Graves of Upstate New York","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe hundreds of rural cemeteries in Upstate New York are the bucolic final resting places of a plethora of legendary Americans from the recent and distant past. For over a decade, Chuck D’Imperio traveled to research the beautiful and historic region in search of some of the most famous (and infamous) figures in American history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe product of this labor of love is Great Graves of Upstate New York: Final Resting Places of 70 True American Legends.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMany of the names are familiar to any American—William Rockefeller, Samuel Langhorne Clemens (better known as Mark Twain), Frederick Douglass, Lucille Ball, and Harriet Tubman, and four U.S. presidents: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore, and Chester Arthur.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn equally colorful host of local characters who shaped the culture of Upstate New York are also featured, including: Kate Smith, “The God Bless America Girl”; mafia figure Joe “Joe the Barber” Barbara; Dr. Mary Walker, America’s only female Congressional Medal of Honor winner; Jennie Grossinger, “The Catskill’s Innkeeper”; and Ernie Davis, “The Pride of the Syracuse Orangemen.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Syracuse to West Point to Binghamton, and on to Cooperstown, Niagara Falls, and Lake Placid, Great Graves of Upstate New York is not only a fact-filled volume on the region’s cemeteries, museums, and historical sites, but a peek into the lives of 70 distinguished individuals who have shaped American history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47151702868208,"sku":"9781935278313","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781935278313_p0.jpg?v=1763655597","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781935278313","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}