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In the Land of Long Fingernails: A Gravedigger in the Age of Aquarius

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Condition
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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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“Some light wear on the setup is present. See pictures for details on the condition.”
Binding
Hardcover
Product Group
Book
Weight
1 lbs
IsTextBook
No
ISBN
9781602397095
Book Title
In the Land of Long Fingernails : a Gravedigger in the Age of Aquarius
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Item Length
9 in
Publication Year
2009
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
6.4 in
Author
Charles Wilkins
Genre
Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, Humor, History
Topic
Personal Memoirs, General, Literary, Customs & Traditions, Form / Essays
Item Weight
17.3 Oz
Item Width
6 in
Number of Pages
240 Pages
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1602397090
ISBN-13
9781602397095
eBay Product ID (ePID)
71658932

Product Key Features

Book Title
In the Land of Long Fingernails : a Gravedigger in the Age of Aquarius
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Topic
Personal Memoirs, General, Literary, Customs & Traditions, Form / Essays
Genre
Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, Humor, History
Author
Charles Wilkins
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
6.4 in
Item Weight
17.3 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2008-046637
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
Wilkins's memoir serves as a fascinating account of his coming-of-age experience as a gravedigger in the summer of 1969. Confronted daily with mortality and the physical and emotional implications of death, Wilkins explores the grim details of working in a cemetery and how the experience ultimately shaped his journey to adulthood.
Dewey Decimal
393/.1092
Synopsis
In the summer of 1969, Charlie Wilkins was a young man in search of a job. Turned down by a dozen potential employers--including Shubang Used Tire and Dick's Nifty Car Wash--Wilkins landed an unlikely job at a vast corporate cemetery as a "bone waxer," handling "bird-houses" (urns), and earning an invaluable education about life as a caregiver in death. From reckless disinterments, to a mid-summer gravediggers' strike, to the illegal shifting of bones from untended graves, In the Land of Long Fingernails is a coming-of-age story among extraordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. It offers up a Barnum-esque cavalcade of "slay carpenters," "dirt nappers," mavericks and misfits, shifty plot salesmen, and drug-addled gravediggers, yet it also shows us their uncertainty and superstitions, and their relentless gallows humor amid the inevitable reminders of what it is, finally, to be human. In the funny and dark spirit of Thomas Lynch's best-selling The Undertaking , Mary Roach's hit Stiff , and Six Feet Under , In the Land of Long Fingernails is a testament not just to unexpected friendship but also to late sixties culture, and to the art and power of storytelling., A darkly comic memoir of Charlie Wilkins's year as a twenty-year-old student-grave digger in the swinging..., In the summer of 1969, Charlie Wilkins was a young man in search ofa job. Turned down by a dozen potential employers--including ShubangUsed Tire and Dick's Nifty Car Wash--Wilkins landed an unlikely job at avast corporate cemetery as a "bone waxer," handling "bird-houses"(urns), and earning an invaluable education about life as a caregiverin death. From reckless disinterments, to a mid-summergravediggers' strike, to the illegal shifting of bones from untendedgraves, In the Land of Long Fingernails is a coming-of-age story amongextraordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. It offers up aBarnum-esque cavalcade of "slay carpenters," "dirt nappers," mavericksand misfits, shifty plot salesmen, and drug-addled gravediggers, yet italso shows us their uncertainty and superstitions, and theirrelentless gallows humor amid the inevitable reminders of what it is,finally, to be human. In the funny and dark spirit of Thomas Lynch's best-selling The Undertaking, Mary Roach's hit Stiff, and Six Feet Under, In the Land of Long Fingernails is a testament not just to unexpected friendship but also to late sixties culture, and to the art and power of storytelling.
LC Classification Number
GT3213.A4T67 2008

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