LEADER 03594oam 2200673 a 450 001 9910823699003321 005 20231023185100.0 010 $a1-282-58481-2 010 $a9786612584817 010 $a0-226-42332-8 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226423326 035 $a(CKB)2670000000019445 035 $a(EBL)534585 035 $a(OCoLC)635292258 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000777158 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12388037 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000777158 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10757420 035 $a(PQKB)11543262 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122029 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC534585 035 $a(DE-B1597)525080 035 $a(OCoLC)642208250 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226423326 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL534585 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10389567 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL258481 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000019445 100 $a20090608d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDigging up the dead $ea history of notable American reburials /$fMichael Kammen 210 $aChicago ;$aLondon $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 260 pages) $cillustrations 311 0 $a0-226-42330-1 311 0 $a0-226-42329-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aA short history of reburial: patterns of change over time -- Heroes of the Revolution: the siting and reciting of patriotism -- Honor, dishonor, and issues of reputation: from sectionalism to nationalism -- Problematic graves, tourism, and the wishes of survivors -- Disinterred by devotion: religion, race, and spiritual repose -- Repossessing the dead elsewhere in our time. 330 $aWith Digging Up the Dead, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Michael Kammen reveals a treasure trove of fascinating, surprising, and occasionally gruesome stories of exhumation and reburial throughout American history. Taking us to the contested grave sites of such figures as Sitting Bull, John Paul Jones, Frank Lloyd Wright, Daniel Boone, Jefferson Davis, and even Abraham Lincoln, Kammen explores how complicated interactions of regional pride, shifting reputations, and evolving burial practices led to public and often emotional battles over the final resting places of famous figures. Grave-robbing, skull-fondling, cases of mistaken identity, and the financial lures of cemetery tourism all come into play as Kammen delves deeply into this little-known-yet surprisingly persistent-aspect of American history. Simultaneously insightful and interesting, masterly and macabre, Digging Up the Dead reminds us that the stories of American history don't always end when the key players pass on. Rather, the battle-over reputations, interpretations, and, last but far from least, possession of the remains themselves-is often just beginning. 606 $aExhumation$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aExhumation$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States 606 $aBurial$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aFuneral rites and ceremonies$zUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aExhumation$xHistory. 615 0$aExhumation$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aBurial$xHistory. 615 0$aFuneral rites and ceremonies$xHistory. 676 $a393/.10973 700 $aKammen$b Michael G$01106842 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823699003321 996 $aDigging up the dead$93922711 997 $aUNINA