Death’s Garden Revisited, edited by
Loren Rhoads and featuring my essay, “The Treasure Hunter,” is now available.
“Death’s Garden Revisited collects 40
powerful personal essays, accompanied by full-color photographs, to illuminate
the reasons people visit cemeteries. Spanning the globe from Iceland to
Argentina and from Portland to Prague,
Death’s Garden Revisited explores the complex web of
relationships between the living and those who have passed before.
“Genealogists and geocachers, travelers and tour guides, anthropologists,
historians, pagan priestesses, and ghost hunters all venture into cemeteries
in these essays. Along the way, they discover that cemeteries don’t only
provide a rewarding end to a pilgrimage, they can be the perfect location for
a first date or a wedding, the highlight of a family vacation, a cure for
depression, and the best possible place to grasp history. Not to mention that
cemetery-grown fruit is the sweetest.”
In addition to “The Treasure Hunter,” you’ll find fascinating,
insightful essays by authors such as Priscilla Bettis,
Rain Graves, Robert Holt, Erika Mailman,
Trish Wilson, Angela Yuriko-Smith, and many others.
Full-color photographs accompany each article. Available in softcover and
hardcover.
