The dead beat
lost souls, lucky stiffs, and the perverse pleasures of obituaries
1st ed.
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Author
Publication
2006 - HarperCollins, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
61,000 words, Guess
Page Count
244 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL24766547M
- ISBN-139780060758752
- ISBN-100060758759
- OCLC Control Number61704809
- OCLC Control Numberdeadbeatlostsouljoh00john
and 1 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2005052817
Classifications
- DDC070.4/4992
- LCCPN4784.O22 J65 2006
Description
Obituaries are history as it is happening. Whose time am I living in? Was he a success or a failure, lucky or doomed, older than I am or younger? Did she know how to live? Where else can you celebrate the life of the pharmacist who moonlighted as a spy, the genius behind Sea Monkeys, the school lunch lady who spent her evenings as a ballroom hostess? No wonder so many readers skip the news and the sports and go directly to the obituary page. This book is the story of how these stories get told. Enthralled by the fascinating lives that were marching out of this world, Marilyn Johnson tumbled into the obits page to find out what made it so lively. She sought out the best obits in the English language and chased the people who spent their lives writing about the dead.--From publisher description.
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