Stories in stone New York: a field guide to New York City area cemeteries & their residents

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With Stories in Stone New York, the author presents cemetery buffs with stunning photographs, fascinating text, and easy GPS directions for locating gracious architecture, fabulous artwork, and memorable gravesites of famous and not-so-famous area residents residing peacefully in its beautiful cemeteries. Includes The Big Four, Manhattan Churchyards & Resting Places, Eternal Excursions in well-known boroughs, as well as Humane Remains at the pet cemetery in Hartsdale.;About New York; Architecture-Going Out in Style; Cemeteries; The Big Four; The Green-Wood Cemetery; The Woodlawn Cemetery; Kensico Cemetery; Sleepy Hollow Cemetery; Manhattan Resting Places; The Holy Trinitys; St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery; St. Patrick's Cathedral Crypts; Grant's Tomb; Eternal Excursions; Calvary Cemetery; Cypress Hills Cemetery; Ferncliff Cemetery; Gate of Heaven Cemetery; Moravian Cemetery; St. Raymond's Old & New Cemeteries; Humane Remains; Hartsdale Pet Cemetery; Cemetery Symbolism; Secret Societies, Clubs, and Organizations; Stories in Stone. About New York Architecture-Going Out in Style Cemeteries The Big Four The Green-Wood Cemetery The Woodlawn Cemetery Kensico Cemetery Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Manhattan Resting Places The Holy Trinitys St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery St. Patrick's Cathedral Crypts Grant's Tomb Eternal Excursions Calvary Cemetery Cypress Hills Cemetery Ferncliff Cemetery Gate of Heaven Cemetery Moravian Cemetery St. Raymond's Old & New Cemeteries Humane Remains Hartsdale Pet Cemetery Cemetery Symbolism Secret Societies, Clubs, and Organizations Stories in Stone.