Research Catalog
Atlanta's historic Westview Cemetery
- Title
- Atlanta's historic Westview Cemetery / Jeff Clemmons.
- Author
- Clemmons, Jeff
- Publication
- Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2018.
- ©2018
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Details
- Description
- 206 pages : illustrations, map; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- Landmarks
- Subjects
- Cemeteries
- Registers of births, etc
- Cemeteries > Georgia > Atlanta
- Cemeteries > Georgia > Atlanta > History
- Registers of births, etc > Georgia > Atlanta
- Atlanta (Ga.) > History
- Georgia > Atlanta
- History
- ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Landmarks & Monuments
- PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical
- PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-198) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction. The American cemetery: a historical perspective -- Part 1. The McBurney era (1884-1930). Grave concerns; West View Cemetery Association; Digging in; Rest Haven; God's Acre; J.W. Pierce and celebrity; The battle of Ezra Church; Commemorating Ezra Church; A Confederate monument; New ventures; The Westview Floral Company; The Burford Holly; Dying to get in ; Irish horse traders (Irish travelers) -- Part 2. The Candler era (1930-1952). The Adair affair; :Buddie Candler; West View's golden age; West View (Westview) Abbey; A grave mistake; West View becomes Westview -- Part 3. The Bowen era (1952-present). Nonprofit Westview; A changing world; A family affair; Westview Landfill, Inc.; The business of death -- Epilogue -- Notable burials.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-1729
- ISBN
- 9781626199675
- 1626199671
- LCCN
- 2017960100
- OCLC
- 1011682215
- Author
- Clemmons, Jeff, author.
- Title
- Atlanta's historic Westview Cemetery / Jeff Clemmons.
- Publisher
- Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2018.
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Landmarks
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-198) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-1729