{"product_id":"gone-home-southern-folk-gravestone-art-paperback","title":"Gone Home: Southern Folk Gravestone Art - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJack Solomon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eOlivia Solomon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSuzanne Solomon\u003c\/b\u003e (Photographer)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour decades ago, folklorists Jack and Olivia Solomon began documenting Southern cemeteries, recording the names, lives, and epitaphs of thousands of the deceased. The volume they now share with us is not a Book of the Dead, but a Book of Life. The Solomons reveal here their love and respect for the \"final resting places\" of this world. In these pages are recorded the sorrow for a lost child, the anger over the murder of a brother, the strengths of an admired civic leader, the life of a beloved preacher, the character of a stalwart soldier, as well as the grief for a mother, a father, a son, a daughter, a wife, a husband. Many of these epitaphs console and give promise of a \"better home over yonder.\" Others remind one of the shortness of life and the surety of death. As in life, there is wit--the humor of a wife who reminds her spouse, \"I told you I was sick!\"--and profundity--the laconic remark, \"She hath done what she could.\" The book also discusses historical precedents for Alabama epitaphs, different types of epitaphs, gravestone writings as folk literature, gravestones as architecture\/sculpture, and the lettering of epitaphs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJack Solomon (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e JACK SOLOMON is Folklorist-in-Residence at Central Alabama Community College and a retired college teacher. He is coauthor, with Olivia Solomon, of such books as \u003ci\u003eCracklin Bread and Asfidity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eZackary Zan\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSweet Bunch of Daisies\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHoney in the Rock\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOlivia Solomon (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e OLIVIA SOLOMON is a folklorist and creative writer. She is coauthor, with Jack Solomon, of such books as \u003ci\u003eCracklin Bread and Asfidity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eZackary Zan\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSweet Bunch of Daisies\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHoney in the Rock\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 131\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.34 x 9.9 x 7.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52437541585203,"sku":"9781588381163","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/BJZUhZI9079781588381163.webp?v=1758822826","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/gone-home-southern-folk-gravestone-art-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}