Preface by Kenneth L. Untiedt
I. Introduction
II. “Final” Resting Places
"Life and Death in Old Bexar”
"The Past at Rest: Two Historic Austin Cemeteries”
"Eden Cemetery”
"Buried in Texas: Any and Every Which Way”
"There’s Something About Old Country Graveyards”
"Who Is Digging on My Grave? The Corps of Engineers?”
III. Getting There: Rituals, Ceremonies, and the Process of Dying
"Most People in Texas Don’t Die”
"Oakhill Cemetery”
"A Most Unusual Upbringing”
"Funereal Humor”
"A Family Secret”
"Death Behind the Walls: Rituals, Folktales, and True Stories”
"Origins and Celebrations of El Día de los Muertos”
"From the Gallows: A Confession and Apology”
IV. Superstitions, Strange Stories, and Voices from the “Other Side”
"The Spirit That Walked Toward Hornsby’s Bend”
"A Grave Mistake”
"Larger Than Life, Even in Death”
"Messages from the Spiritual World”
"Chipita Rodriguez: The Only Woman Hanged in Texas During the Civil War”
"Oscar—The Friendly Ghost”
V. Thoughts, Musings, and Pure Speculation
"Graveyard Meanderin’; Or, Things of Life Learned Among the Dead”
"The Walking Dead: The Role of the Corpse in Western Myths”
"The Yellow Flower of Death”
"Grandmother’s Uncle”
"A Gift of Time”
"Super Reality”
Contributors’ Vitas
Index
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