Book Reviews

This is a favorite books to bring with me when I'm visiting cemeteries, and I highly recommend it for both beginner and experienced cemetery wanderers. I think my fost favorite thing about this book is how accessible it is. The book is organized into bite-sized sections that are written to give an overview of the content without being too wordy. There are clear pictures on almost every page that help us readers navigate and see exactly what the author is explaining. Each sec

There are many books out there about gravestones. This is the only one I know of that was written by a stone cutter. The author is J. David Gillespie, an artist and reenactor from South Carolina. He carves gravestones and other items from slate using traditional tools and traditional methods. This gives him a unique and valuable perspective on historic gravestones and the craftsmen who carved them. Gillespie's books contains biographical information on several different st