The Resource From here to eternity : traveling the world to find the good death, Caitlin Doughty ; illustrations by Landis Blair
From here to eternity : traveling the world to find the good death, Caitlin Doughty ; illustrations by Landis Blair
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The item From here to eternity : traveling the world to find the good death, Caitlin Doughty ; illustrations by Landis Blair represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Culver-Union Township Public Library.
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- Summary
- Fascinated by our pervasive fear of dead bodies, mortician Caitlin Doughty set out to discover how other cultures care for the dead. From Here to Eternity is an immersive global journey that introduces compelling, powerful rituals almost entirely unknown in America
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiii, 248 pages
- Contents
-
- Introduction
- Colorado: Crestone
- Indonesia: South Sulawesi
- Mexico: Michoacán
- North Carolina: Cullowhee
- Spain: Barcelona
- Japan: Tokyo
- Bolivia: La Paz
- California: Joshua Tree
- Epilogue
- Isbn
- 9780393249897
- Label
- From here to eternity : traveling the world to find the good death
- Title
- From here to eternity
- Title remainder
- traveling the world to find the good death
- Statement of responsibility
- Caitlin Doughty ; illustrations by Landis Blair
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- trueTravel Writing -- General
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- trueMortality
- trueBurial
- Undertakers and undertaking
- trueFunerals
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Fascinated by our pervasive fear of dead bodies, mortician Caitlin Doughty set out to discover how other cultures care for the dead. From Here to Eternity is an immersive global journey that introduces compelling, powerful rituals almost entirely unknown in America
- Summary
- Describes death customs and rituals from around the world, exploring how they compare to the impersonal American system and how mourners respond best when they participate in caring for the deceased
- Award
- LibraryReads Favorites, 2017
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10574506
- Cataloging source
- BT
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- Doughty, Caitlin,
- Dewey number
- 363.75
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- RA622
- LC item number
- .D68 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Blair, Landis,
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- Doughty, Caitlin
- Funeral rites and ceremonies
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- Bereavement
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- Undertakers and undertaking
- Target audience
- adult
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- traveling the world to find the good death
- Label
- From here to eternity : traveling the world to find the good death, Caitlin Doughty ; illustrations by Landis Blair
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-248)
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- volume
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Colorado: Crestone -- Indonesia: South Sulawesi -- Mexico: Michoacán -- North Carolina: Cullowhee -- Spain: Barcelona -- Japan: Tokyo -- Bolivia: La Paz -- California: Joshua Tree -- Epilogue
- Control code
- 21111957
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiii, 248 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393249897
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)971348404
- Label
- From here to eternity : traveling the world to find the good death, Caitlin Doughty ; illustrations by Landis Blair
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-248)
- Carrier category
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- nc
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- Contents
- Introduction -- Colorado: Crestone -- Indonesia: South Sulawesi -- Mexico: Michoacán -- North Carolina: Cullowhee -- Spain: Barcelona -- Japan: Tokyo -- Bolivia: La Paz -- California: Joshua Tree -- Epilogue
- Control code
- 21111957
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiii, 248 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393249897
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)971348404
Subject
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- Burial
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- Dead
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