Cincinnati Cemeteries
The Queen City Underground
Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Architecture, Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings, Photography, Pictorials, Travel, History
| Author: | Kevin Grace, Tom White | ISBN: | 9781439615164 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. | Publication: | October 20, 2004 |
| Imprint: | Arcadia Publishing | Language: | English |
| Author: | Kevin Grace, Tom White |
| ISBN: | 9781439615164 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. |
| Publication: | October 20, 2004 |
| Imprint: | Arcadia Publishing |
| Language: | English |
Cincinnati Cemeteries is not only a history of graveyards and their occupants. It also investigates the culture of death and dying in Cincinnati: from the infamous Pearl Bryan murder and the 19th-century cholera epidemics, to the body snatchers who stole the corpse of Benjamin Harrison�s father and the notorious �resurrection men.� In a city teeming with immigrants and transients these �sack �em up� grave robbers had ample opportunities to supply cadavers to Cincinnati�s medical schools. And if fresh graves weren�t available, they lurked for victims in the saloons and the dark alleys of Vine Street and the West End.
Cincinnati Cemeteries is not only a history of graveyards and their occupants. It also investigates the culture of death and dying in Cincinnati: from the infamous Pearl Bryan murder and the 19th-century cholera epidemics, to the body snatchers who stole the corpse of Benjamin Harrison�s father and the notorious �resurrection men.� In a city teeming with immigrants and transients these �sack �em up� grave robbers had ample opportunities to supply cadavers to Cincinnati�s medical schools. And if fresh graves weren�t available, they lurked for victims in the saloons and the dark alleys of Vine Street and the West End.
