{"product_id":"reading-the-gravestones-of-old-john-g-s-hanson-9781476685458","title":"Reading the Gravestones of Old New England","description":"\u003cp\u003e The graveyards of old New England hold an incredible range of poetic messages in the epitaphs etched into the gravestones, each a profound expression of emotion, culture, religion, and literature. These epitaphs are old, but their themes are timeless: mourning and faith, grief and hope, loss, and memory. This book tells the story of a years-long walk among gravestones and shares insights gained along the way. It identifies the source texts and authors chosen for these stones; interprets something of the tastes and beliefs of the people who did the choosing; offers some hypotheses on the various ways these texts were accessible to readers in remote towns and villages; gives a brief summary of the religious context of the times; and reflects on how the language and literature chosen for these epitaphs express these peoples' conflicted and evolving attitudes towards life, death, and eternity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John G. S. Hanson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1476685452\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476685458\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/08\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.92h x 6.93w x 0.63d","brand":"John G. S. Hanson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044964823295,"sku":"9781476685458","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ef44400e-fb5c-4576-9060-8282ed09986c.jpg?v=1684975948","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reading-the-gravestones-of-old-john-g-s-hanson-9781476685458","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}