Buried Alive
by Jan Bondeson
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 039332222X
- ISBN 13
- 9780393322224
- Seller
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Missoula, Montana, United States
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About This Item
Readers of Edgar Allan Poe's tales--just think of --may comfort themselves with the notion that Poe must have exaggerated: surely people of the 1800s could not have been at risk of being buried alive? But such stories filled medical journals as well as fiction, and fear in the populace was high. It was speculated, from the number of skeletons found in horrific, contorted positions inside their coffins, that ten out of every one hundred people were buried before they were dead. With over fifty illustrations, explores the medicine, folklore, history, and literature of Europe and the United States to uncover why such fears arose and whether they were warranted.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Vespiary Book Restoration & Bindery (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SQ3642650
- Title
- Buried Alive
- Author
- Jan Bondeson
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 039332222X
- ISBN 13
- 9780393322224
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- March 2002
- Keywords
- death, burial, history
- Bookseller catalogs
- General Non-Fiction;
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About the Seller
The Vespiary Book Restoration & Bindery
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About The Vespiary Book Restoration & Bindery
The Vespiary Book Restoration & Bindery has been operating since 2008 providing a wide range of book repair, conservation, and binding services. Her used book selection is eclectic, but discerning. If you have books you'd like to trade, The Vespiary offers credit for merchandise and services in exchange for books.