I wish to thank my friend, Ralph Lowell Coleman, Jr., for contacting me about a wonderful book he found entitled:
"Living Among Headstones: Life In A Country Cemetery"
Below is an excerpt of his note to me about it:
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"Living Among Headstones: Life In A Country Cemetery" is an interesting book by Shannon Applegate. A previously published autor, she took over as the voluntary sexton of her family's public 5-acre cemetery in Yoncolla, Oregon - a small, logging community - in 1997. She took seven years to write of her experiences there."
"It's published (2005) by Thunder's Mouth Press, (Avalon Publishing Group, Inc), 245 West 17th St, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10011, ISBN 1-56025-677-X. It retails for $24.95, but perhaps your local library has it on its shelves, or you can get it through an inter-library loan.
It's worth the read!"
"It would seem from the title of the book that it would deal primarily with her residing in or in close proximity to the cemetery. In point-of-fact, however, she goes deeper into the cemetery's relationship with the surrounding community. She presents little tidbits of information which are quite interesting, including some humorous incidents involving funeral homes and local Native American shamans."
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Here is NPR's interview with Shannon Applegate, the author: http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=4652336&m=4652876
Here is NPR's interview with Shannon Applegate, the author: http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=4652336&m=4652876
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The book is also available from Amazon.com:
