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The American Way of Death
The American Way of Death
Author: Jessica Mitford
Before the turn of the century, the American funeral was simple "to the point of starkness," says Jessica Mitford, the acclaimed muckraking journalist who published this investigation of the country's funeral business in 1963. — That the country went on to develop a tendency for gross overspending on funerals Mitford puts down to th...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780704333512
ISBN-10: 0704333511
Publication Date: 1/1/1981
Pages: 322
Edition: New Ed
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Publisher: Quartet Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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reviewed The American Way of Death on + 175 more book reviews
1st printing of the original 1963 edition. Not the revised edition of 1978 or 1998.
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This is an old copy - states 4th printing and copyright 1963.
Book is very interesting; makes you wary of the entire death industry!


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