Did They Rest in Peace?: Misadventures of Corpses That Probably Did Not (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781546261100)

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. By what miracle can an assortment of seemingly unrelated particles come together and correctly assemble to form a human being? Amazingly, once aggregated, these atoms, molecules, and compounds manage to interact reasonably coherently during our lives but seek to return to their dusty state when death occurs. Of the billions of our species who have existed on earth over the millennia, most have quietly and inexorably returned to ashes and dust when their term of life expired. This book tracks some of the misadventures of selected corpses, including burials that went awry to body snatching, exhumations, human-relic collection, and assorted desecrations. Over the years, it seems that a remarkable number of bodies have failed to enjoy the admonition to "Rest in Peace." Whether these aberrations in the burial process have disturbed the afterlife of the departed, everyone is dying to discover the answer.

Author: Joseph William Jr. Lewis
ISBN-10: 1546261109
ISBN-13: 9781546261100
Publisher: Authorhouse
Language: English
Published: 10/18/2018
Pages: 532
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.70lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.19d