Earth Burial and Cremation
by Cobb, Augustus G
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/very Good
- Seller
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Bridgeville, California, United States
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About This Item
Putnam, 1892. Contents include: 1) The present state of graveyards and their effect on our drinking water, 2) Spread of disease via rotting bodies, 3) Accidental burial alive, 4) The expanding interest in cremation, especially in the United States. Written at the request of the Directors of the US Cremation Co.; from the author's preface: "we do not believe that a repulsive custom like earth-burial, though deep-rooted in prejudice and shielded by conservatism, can forever bid defiance to the laws of decency and health. In the time that is coming men will marvel at the anomaly we present in scrupulously disinfecting the homes of the plague-stricken, while their bodies are placed in the ground to contaminate the earth, the air, and the springs." Appendix contains pro-cremation blurbs from such celebrities as Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Edward Everett Hale, Andrew Carnegie and Charles Dana. Though complete, it does have spine rubbing, and hinge that is starting to separate on in inside hinge. Very interesting book.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/very Good.
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- Bookseller
- A Gyenis (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3628
- Title
- Earth Burial and Cremation
- Author
- Cobb, Augustus G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Putnam
- Date Published
- 1892
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- Modern First Editions;
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