Key Features-This unique book
sensitively answers
questions about death and burial
through humorous,
unforgettable anecdotes. These witty true
stories of
blunders and strange occurrences will cause readers to alternately laugh out loud and then get a frightful tingle down their spine. The author gives helpful tips for handling and arranging an unexpected funeral in the family, and includes a chapter on entertaining cemetery-related websites. Unless you plan to live forever, you've got to read this book!This is a collection of true graveyard stories you won't be able to put down. In this entertaining book readers will meet such characters as:a lock-picking ghost a coffin-chasing cow a rock band with boorish graveside manners and Mrs. Robinson, whose leg preceded her to the grave. Each chapter gives a behind-the-scenes look at different aspects of a sexton's world, including cemetery blunders, meddling spirits, bizarre events, and efforts to outfox the Grim Reaper.Written in a humorous, tongue-in-cheek style, this collection of the author's actual graveyard adventures is a curiously uplifting book you won't be able to put down-or ever forget!Reviews-One Foot in the Grave proves that books about death dont have to be depressing. Daybells uniquely entertaining insiders account of the burial business is lively, and even humorous at times, as he introduces readers to such quirky graveyard characters as: a lock-picking ghost named Eddie, a devoted widower who visits his wifes grave every three hours, an attorney whose last wish is to be buried, in the largest coffin, and other unforgettable characters. . .Who would have thought that a book about death could be so lively? Rachelle Nones, Writer OnLineISBN: 1-55517-556-2, SIZE: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" CATEGORY: Humor Non-Fiction.
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