All the living and the dead : from embalmers to executioners, an exploration of the people who have made death their life's work
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Published
Solon, Ohio : Findaway World, LLC, [2022].
ISBN
9781250893802, 1250893801
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Published
Solon, Ohio : Findaway World, LLC, [2022].
Format
Pre-loaded Audio
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (9 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Language
English
ISBN
9781250893802, 1250893801
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Title from Playaway label.
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Previously released by Macmillan Audio ℗2022.
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One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for playback.
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Read by the author.
Description
"We are surrounded by death. It is in our news, our nursery rhymes, our truecrime podcasts. Yet from a young age, we are told that death is something to be feared. How are we supposed to know what we're so afraid of when we are never given the chance to look? Fueled by a childhood fascination with death, journalist Hayley Campbell searches for answers in the people who make a living by working with the dead. Along the way, she encounters mass fatality investigators, embalmers, and a former executioner who is responsible for ending sixty-two lives. She meets gravediggers who have already dug their own graves, visits a cryonics facility in Michigan, goes for late-night Chinese with a homicide detective, and questions a man whose job it is to make crime scenes disappear. Through Campbell's incisive and candid interviews with these people who see death every day, she asks: Why would someone choose this kind of life? Does it change you as a person? And are we missing something vital by letting death remain hidden? A dazzling work of cultural criticism, [it] weaves together reportage with memoir, history, and philosophy to offer a fascinating look into the psychology of Western death"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Campbell, H. (2022). All the living and the dead: from embalmers to executioners, an exploration of the people who have made death their life's work (Unabridged.). Findaway World, LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Campbell, Hayley. 2022. All the Living and the Dead: From Embalmers to Executioners, an Exploration of the People Who Have Made Death Their Life's Work. Findaway World, LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Campbell, Hayley. All the Living and the Dead: From Embalmers to Executioners, an Exploration of the People Who Have Made Death Their Life's Work Findaway World, LLC, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Campbell, Hayley. All the Living and the Dead: From Embalmers to Executioners, an Exploration of the People Who Have Made Death Their Life's Work Unabridged., Findaway World, LLC, 2022.
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