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028	0	1	_aEB00575191 _bRecorded Books
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082	0	4	_a338.4/7363750973 _222
100	1		_aHarris, Mark _q(Donald Mark), _d1960-
245	1	0	_aGrave Matters : _bA journey through the modern funeral industry to a natural way of burial / _cMark Harris.
264		1	_aNew York : _bScribner, _c[2007]
264		4	_c©2007
300			_a1 online resource
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
341	0		_atextual _2sapdv _3EBSCOhost
500			_aIncludes index.
505	0		_aThe embalming of Jenny Johnson -- After the burial -- Cremation -- Burial at sea -- The memorial reef -- The home funeral -- A plain pine box -- Backyard burial -- The natural cemetery.
520			_aBy the time Nate Fisher was laid to rest in a woodland grave sans coffin in the final season of Six Feet Under, Americans all across the country were starting to look outside the box when death came calling. Grave Matters follows families who found in "green" burial a more natural, more economic, and ultimately more meaningful alternative to the tired and toxic send-off on offer at the local funeral parlor. Eschewing chemical embalming and fancy caskets, elaborate and costly funerals, they have embraced a range of natural options, new and old, that are redefining a better American way of death. Environmental journalist Mark Harris examines this new green burial underground, leading you into natural cemeteries and domestic graveyards, taking you aboard boats from which ashes and memorial "reef balls" are cast into the sea. He follows a family that conducts a home funeral, one that delivers a loved one to the crematory, and another that hires a carpenter to build a pine coffin. In the morbidly fascinating tradition of Stiff, Grave Matters details the embalming process and the environmental aftermath of the standard funeral. Harris also traces the history of burial in America, from frontier cemeteries to the billion-dollar business it is today, reporting on real families who opted for more simple, natural returns. For readers who want to follow the examples of these families and, literally, give back from the grave, appendices detail everything you need to know, from exact costs and laws to natural burial providers and their contact information.
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588	0		_aPrint version record.
590			_aAdded to collection customer.56279.3
650		0	_aUndertakers and undertaking _zUnited States.
650		0	_aBurial _zUnited States.
650		0	_aCemeteries _zUnited States.
650		0	_aDeath care industry.
650		7	_aSELF-HELP _xDeath, Grief, Bereavement. _2bisacsh
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aHarris, Mark (Donald Mark), 1960- _tGrave matters. _dNew York : Scribner, ©2007 _z0743277686 _w(DLC) 2006050622
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