Awards

• Commended for IndieFab awards (Regional Book) 2008

Overview

Noted historian John Rousmaniere traces the history of the Evergreens Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY. Beginning with the land itself before the cemetery was founded in 1850, his engaging text shows how the forces that shaped the history of New York-population growth, immigration and growing wealth-also shaped the Evergreens. He also describes the beautiful monuments and fascinating characters that are buried there. Ken Druse's stunning color photographs demonstrate the beauty of the site and the monuments.

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Author:   John Rousmaniere ,  Ken Druse
Publisher:   Seapoint Books
Imprint:   Seapoint Books
Dimensions:   Width: 25.30cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 31.50cm
Weight:   1.865kg
ISBN:  

9780978689940

ISBN 10:   0978689941
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   16 January 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword 1. A Proper Place in the American Revolution 2. A Pretty Natural Situation: Founding a Rural Cemetery 3. New York's Burial Crisis 4. Designing a Cemetery with Andrew Jackson Downing 5. Order out of Chaos and the Rise of William R. Grace 6. Soldiers and Conspirators: The Evergreens in the Civil 7: Cover them Over: Decoration Day at the Cemetery 8. African Americans at Peace and War 9. Crooks, Competitors, Writers, and Congressmen 10: The Poetry of Their Existence: Artists of the Evergreens 11. The Cemetery-Park and its Management 12. Buried from the Home 13. Angels Beside the Tomb: Monuments Grand and Humble 14. What Could Anyone Do? Brooklyn's Disasters 15. Feng Shui at the Evergreens 16: The Two Anthonies: The Showman and the Scold 17. Show People 18. Blind Tom, the Queen of the Trumpet, Bojangles, and the Pres 19. On the Grounds: A Rural Cemetery in the Twenty-First Century

Reviews

Personal -s With the diligence of an investigative reporter, the curiosity of a scholar, and the graceful prose of a literary stylist, John Rousmaniere has written a classic history of a graveyard. -- Sidney Offit, curator, George Polk Awards--Personal -s

Personal -s With the diligence of an investigative reporter, the curiosity of a scholar, and the graceful prose of a literary stylist, John Rousmaniere has written a classic history of a graveyard. Sidney Offit, curator, George Polk Awards--Personal -s

Author Information

John Rousmaniere |s The author and Evergreens Cemetery are featured on NPR's All Things Considered, June 7, 2009. LINK: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1050823 John Rousmaniere's 26 books and other writing on New York and maritime subjects include AFTER THE STORM, FASTNET, FORCE 10, and histories of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, the law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell, the New York Yacht Club, and the women's settlement house movement. A multiple contributor to THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NEW YORK CITY, he is a graduate of Columbia University and Union Theological Seminary. He lives in New York City.

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