Description
Metropolitan Press, Published 1967. Wraps, 45 pp.; 22 cm; First edition; author's stamped signature on the title page.
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Condition & notes
In Very Good condition. Red card covers with silver lettering on front cover. Staple bound. Light wear to covers with minor rubbing at edges, staples lightly rusted. Interior pages are clean and otherwise unmarked. Arnold G. Engel was a cemetery caretaker in the Coast Range of Oregon, and this charming little book collects his humorous and philosophical observations on the work of gravedigging, from the art of using a shovel to cemetery etiquette and the evolving role of machinery in burial. Dedicated to Dr. Norman D. Dobie, Plant Pathologist, whose flexibility with Engel's schedule made his cemetery work possible. Contents: How I Got Started; Difficult Assignments; Graveside Philosophy; Embarrassing Moments; Cemetery Humor; Helpers I Have Had; Exhumations; The Art of Using a Shovel; Will Machines Take Over?; Cemetery Manners; What Are Funerals For, Anyway?