Noted historian John Rousmaniere traces the history of the Evergreens Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY. Beginning with the land itself before the cemetery was founded in 1850, his engaging text shows how the forces that shaped the history of New York-population growth, immigration and growing wealth-also shaped the Evergreens. He also describes the beautiful monuments and fascinating characters that are buried there. Ken Druse's stunning color photographs demonstrate the beauty of the site and the monuments.
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Noted historian John Rousmaniere traces the history of the Evergreens Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY. Beginning with the land itself before the cemetery was founded in 1850, his engaging text shows how the forces that shaped the history of New York-population growth, immigration and growing wealth-also shaped the Evergreens. He also describes the beautiful monuments and fascinating characters that are buried there. Ken Druse's stunning color photographs demonstrate the beauty of the site and the monuments.
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Very good Good jacket. Hardcover with good dust-jacket. Tearing to top edge of jacket's back panel. Otherwise, clean and solid. Ships from a smoke-free home.
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Very good. Binding is unblemished, text block is clean, boards straight, without highlights or markings. Mild rubbing/chipping to dust wrapper edges. Very clean, nearly like new. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010.
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Druse, Ken. Fine in very good(+) jacket. Beautifully illustrated with color photographs by Ken Druse. 300 pages, 4to, black cloth, d.w., very slightly battered at edges. Kittery Point: Seapoint Books, (2008). A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. Presentation copy signed by the author.
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VG+ (Extremely mild edgewear to boards; interior is clean; binding is solid. ). VG (Light edge/shelfwear to DJ) Black cloth with silver lettering; Green DJ with color-photo illustration and green and white lettering; 300 pp.; richly illustrated, primarily in color. "This special account of a special institution uncovers one of America's most bucolic but least known historic sites--a classic rural cemetery located in Brooklyn, New York, now listed on the National Register of Historic Places."--DJ.
