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Purified by Fire: A History of Cremation in America
Purified by Fire A History of Cremation in America
Author: Stephen Prothero
Just one hundred years ago, Americans almost universally condemned cremation. Today, nearly one-quarter of Americans choose to be cremated. The practice has gained wide acceptance as a funeral rite, in both our private and public lives, as the cremations of icons such as John Lennon and John F. Kennedy Jr. show. Purified by Fire tells the fascin...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780520208162
ISBN-10: 0520208161
Publication Date: 2/15/2001
Pages: 280
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Publisher: University of California Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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