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The dead beat lost souls, lucky stiffs, and the perverse pleasures of obituaries

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Main Author: Johnson, Marilyn, 1954-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : HarperCollins, c2006.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Obituaries > History and criticism.
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Physical Description:viii, 244 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-239).
ISBN:0060758759
Author Notes:Marilyn Johnson is a former editor and writer for Life, Esquire, and Outside magazines. She is the author of The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries, This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All, and Lives in Ruins: Archaeologists and the Seductive Lure of Human Rubble. Both The Dead Beat and This Book Is Overdue! received Washington Irving Book Awards.

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