A review by marginaliant
199 Cemeteries to See Before You Die by Loren Rhoads

4.0

I had fun with this book. For starters, it is beautiful. Lovely naked hardback, pretty edges that are patterned like wrought iron, and nice photographs. Each cemetery is listed by location and includes relevant information--history of the cemetery, notable occupants or monuments, protocol (only open on some days, for example), etc. It was a joy to flip through to read about some of the cemeteries I already knew and love, and find new ones. By the time I was done mine was full of page flags for places I want to research and visit. Only knocked off one star because I wish it had been more evenly distributed geographically--about half of the cemeteries are in the United States. Africa only gets a handful of pages, and Asia only slightly more than that. It just seems very short sighted.