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Sacred ground, the cemeteries of New Orleans, Robert S. Brantley ; introduction by S. Frederick Starr

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Sacred ground

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Robert S. Brantley ; introduction by S. Frederick Starr

the cemeteries of New Orleans

"A sumptuous photographic portrait of New Orleans' legendary cemeteries and their collage of architectural monuments, sculptural memorials, ironwork, and landscapes, shown as living structures that are unique expressions of remembrance and identity. The open-air museums of each cemetery, really tell vivid stories about the Crescent City's haunting social history. With S. Frederick Starr's introduction, Brantley's 20 brief biographies, and Heather Veneziano's symbolic interpretations, Sacred Ground offers an absolute and artful display of the rituals, traditions, and unusual customs born out of New Orleans' environment, religious culture, and ethnic diversity."--Provided by publisher

Part 1. Twenty biographies : identity, history, rites of passage -- Silent sentinels against time -- Nicolas Mioton (1791-1834) -- John Lawless (1810-1850) Kasper Auch (1811-1886) -- John Davidson (1816-1872) -- Richard B. Sumner (1816-1868) -- Edward Sweeney (1822-1874) -- Rev. Emperor Williams (1826-1896) -- Seymour Alexander Stewart (1835-1856) -- John Oliver Locke (1836-1864) -- Captain Eugene Pierre Gaspard (1839-1889) -- Rev. Rene M. J. Vallee (1839-1892) -- William H. Webb (1839-1884) -- C. Otto Weber (1847-1901) -- Martha Lena Little (1856-1920) -- Heinrick Benthin (1857-1928) -- Albert Richard Edbrooke (1870-1925) -- Virginia Gleaves Lazarus (1871-1897) -- Charles Ferdinand Vorbusch (1891-1915) -- Leslie Philip Backes (1897-1918) -- Anonymous (unknown-2018) -- Part 2. The photographs -- A photographer's vision

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New Orleans cemeteries