Cypress Hills Cemetery Comes Alive in New Book

Aug. 20, 2010 - PRLog -- As the first rural cemetery in Greater New York to be organized under the Rural Cemetery Act of 1847, Cypress Hills Cemetery provides a perfect balance of lush landscaping, funerary art and sculpture, and a final resting place for some of America's most notable figures.

In a new book from Arcadia Publishing, local authors Stephen Duer and Allan Smith illustrate and demystify the various legends of those interred in Cypress Hills Cemetery’s hallowed grounds.


Highlights of Cypress Hills Cemetery:
•   Features never before seen vintage photographs from both public and private collections
•   Includes images of the final resting place of some of America's most notable figures, such as Jackie Robinson, Mae West and Eubie Blake
•Displays the memorials, mysterious markings and secretive symbols carved on headstones in the cemetery
•Explores how Cypress Hills Cemetery made landmark changes in American burial history
•Showcases the areas dedicated to the area’s fallen war veterans
•Depicts the cemetery’s 2 large abbeys, The Cypress Hills Abbey and The Memorial Abbey


Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at (888)-313-2665 or www.arcadiapublishing.com.  

Arcadia Publishing is the leading publisher of local and regional history in the United States.  Our mission is to make history accessible and meaningful through the publication of books on the heritage of America’s people and places.  Have we done a book on your town?  Visit www.arcadiapublishing.com.

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With more than 6,000 local history titles published to date, Arcadia Publishing is the leading publisher of local and regional history in the United States. Widely recognized sepia books feature hundreds of vintage historical images.