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Penny Colman is the author of many award-winning books, among them, Toilets, Bathtubs, Sinks and Sewers: A History of the Bathroom, a New York Public Library Best Book for Teens, and Rosie the Riveter: Women Working on the Homefront in WWII, an American Library Association Notable Book, a School Library Journal Best Book for Young Adults, and the winner of the Orbis Pictus Honor Award.
A popular guest speaker, Penny Colman lives in Englewood, New Jersey.
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Descrizione libro hardcover. Condizione: new. First Edition. Drawing on extensive historical and anthropological research personal accounts and interviews with people who work in the funeral industry Penny Colman examines the compelling subjects of death and burial across cultures and societies The text enriched with stories both humorous and poignant includes details about the decomposition and embalming processes an adult corpse buried six feet deep without a coffin will usually take five to ten years to turn into a skeleton and describes the various customs associated with containing remains the Igala people in Nigeria have a custom of burying people in as many as twentyseven layers of clothing Intriguing facts are revealed at every turn for example in Madagascar winter was considered the corpseturning seasonThis comprehensive book also includes a list of burial sites of famous people images in the arts associated with death fascinating epitaphs and gravestone carvings a chronology and a glossary and over a hundred blackandwhite photographs most of which were taken by the authorPenny Colman writes with compassion and intelligence and humanizes the difficult subjects of death and burial The result is a powerful look at an inevitable part of lifedeath. Codice articolo DADAX0805050663
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