{"product_id":"this-place-of-silence-ohios-cemeteries-and-burial-grounds-paperback","title":"This Place of Silence: Ohio's Cemeteries and Burial Grounds - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIan Adams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRandall Lee Schieber\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobin L. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Place of Silence\u003c\/i\u003e is a photographic portrait of Ohio's cemeteries and burial grounds by Ohio photographers Ian Adams and Randall Lee Schieber. The text and photo captions by Robin L. Smith provide an overview of the history of burial grounds, from prehistoric mounds through modern \"green\" cemeteries--and many fascinating details about gravestones, mausoleums, statuary, and cemetery landscapes. The introduction provides an overview of the historical place of burial grounds in our society and of their value today not only as rich sources of history but also as repositories of art, architecture, and nature. Cemeteries record the history of their communities in their names and dates, but they also tell us how a community wanted its history recorded: How did this community see itself? What was important to that community? Who were the prominent people, and what did they accomplish? Graveyards, especially older ones, are also full of quirky names and mysteries. Who would name a child Nimrod, and where did that name come from? Why would two families build identical side-by-side mausoleums? Who would want a grave marker that looks like a pile of stones? Chapters cover prehistoric mounds and early European American burial grounds; the evolution from rural cemeteries in the nineteenth century to modern green burials; art, architecture, and symbolism in cemeteries; cemeteries and nature; military and institutional burial grounds; and distinctive ethnic cemeteries. The authors highlight and showcase these often beautiful but sometimes neglected pieces of history. Cemeteries are not dark, morbid places to be avoided, but historic landscapes that are full of beauty, hope, and honor for those Ohioans who came before us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIan Adams (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eIan Adams\u003c\/b\u003e has twenty-one photography books and more than sixty-five Ohio calendars to his credit. He conducts nature and garden photography seminars, workshops, and slide programs throughout North America and taught digital photography at Ohio State University's Agricultural Technical Institute in Wooster from 2010 to 2019. \u003cb\u003eRandall Lee Schieber (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eRandall Lee Schieber\u003c\/b\u003e is a professional photographer based in Columbus, Ohio. He specializes in editorial, architectural, location, and travel photography and has published eight books and fifteen calendars. His work has appeared in a variety of local and national publications. \u003cb\u003eRobin L. Smith (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobin L. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is currently the research director at \u003ci\u003eColumbus Business First\u003c\/i\u003e newspaper. She is the coauthor (with Randall Lee Schieber) of \u003ci\u003eColumbus: A Photographic Portrait \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eOhio: Then and Now, \u003c\/i\u003eand the author of \u003ci\u003eColumbus Ghosts: Historical Haunts of Ohio's Capital\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eColumbus Ghosts II: More Central Ohio Haunts.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 09, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763442909472,"sku":"9780804012522","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1523692ef1c43671ca2f114cc29226dd.webp?v=1780235927","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/this-place-of-silence-ohios-cemeteries-and-burial-grounds-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}