All the living and the dead : from embalmers to executioners, an exploration of the people who have made death their life's work
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250281845
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Physical Description:
268 pages ; 25 cm.
regular print - Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The edge of mortality: funeral director -- The gift: director of anatomical services -- Click your fingers and they turn to stone: death mask sculptor -- Limbo: disaster victim identification -- The horror: crime scene cleaner -- Dining with the executioner: executioner -- None of this is forever: embalmer -- Love and terror: anatomical pathology technologist -- Tough mother: bereavement midwife -- Earth to earth: gravedigger -- The devil's coachman: crematorium operator -- The hopeful dead: cryonics institute. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Death care industry Death -- Economic aspects Death -- Psychological aspects Funeral rites and ceremonies |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Nakusp Public Library.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Nakusp Public Library | 363.7 CAM (Text) | 35160000816836 | Adult Non-fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |