Description
Book SynopsisThis book not only marks the distinct ethnic and racial traditions in burial practices but also preserves a Texas legacy endangered by changing customs, rural depopulation, vandalism, and the erosion of time.
Trade Review...throw away your inhibitions, forget the ghost stories, and travel with Terry Jordan through the fascinating world of tombstones and epitaphs, the departed, the remaining, and the odd, revealing ways in which we honor the dead.... Jordan treats his subject with respect in both words and pictures. * Southern Living *
...Jordan's wonderful
Texas Graveyards is a tour of Texas history in quite a unique way.... the book is a genuine masterpiece. * El Paso Times *
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. The Truth about Cemeteries
- 2. The Southern Folk Cemetery in Texas
- 3. Traditional Southern Grave Markers
- 4. The Mexican Graveyard in Texas
- 5. The Texas German Graveyard
- 6. A Legacy Squandered?
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Map of Texas Counties
