undertakers and undertaking

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undertakers and undertaking

Chances

2008
Sarah Donovan arrives in Denver in 1876, takes a job as a telegrapher, and launches herself into the middle of the fight for women's suffrage, all of which places her at odds with conservative undertaker Daniel Petterman, who fears Sarah's ideas will corrupt his young daughters, but as Sarah and Daniel find themselves more and more in each other's company, their feelings grow and they must ultimately decide whether their love is worth the trouble and sacrifice it will take to survive.

The American way of death revisited

2000
Presents an update of the 1963 expose of the funeral industry in America, written in response to the unregulated cost of funerals, with new materials on the prepayment trend, monopoly ownership of mortuaries and cemeteries, and other topics.

Kip Campbell's gift

the funeral director's son
2009
Still able to hear the voices of dead people who want him to help them with unresolved problems, Kip Campbell struggles with conflicting feelings about his unique ability and the burdens it places on him in his daily life.

Driving with dead people

a memoir
2007
At nine years of age, Monica Holloway developed a fascination with the local funeral home. Her father's bouts of violence, her mother's selfishness, and her siblings' betrayals drove her to find safety elsewhere. She becomes fast friends with Julie, whose father is the town mortician. As they grow older, Monica and Julie drive the hearse to the airport to pick up bodies. Although she has to continue to cope with her dysfunctional family, Monica never gives up and her book reflects this.

Choosing a career in mortuary science and the funeral industry

2002
Explores career opportunities for those interested in becoming a funeral director, embalmer, coroner, medical examiner, or pathologist.

The funeral director's son

2008
The last thing twelve-year-old Christopher "Kip" Campbell wants is to take over the funeral business that has been in his family for generations, but he is the only Campbell heir and seems to have a calling to help the dead and their survivors in a most unusual way.

The bone magician

2008
With his father, a fugitive, falsely accused of multiple murders and the real serial killer stalking the wretched streets of Urbs Umida, Pin Carpue, a young undertaker's assistant, investigates and finds that all of the victims may have attended the performance of a stage magician who claims to be able to raise corpses and make the dead speak.

The funeral director's son

2009
The last thing twelve-year-old Christopher "Kip" Campbell wants is to take over the funeral business that has been in his family for generations, but he is the only Campbell heir and seems to have a calling to help the dead and their survivors in a most unusual way.

Funerals & fly fishing

2004
The summer after sixth grade, Brad Stanislawski travels to Pennsylvania by himself to visit the grandfather he has never met before, and overcomes some of the preconceived ideas he has gotten from his mother.

The secret funeral of Slim Jim the snake

1993
Ten-year-old Nick lives above the funeral home run by his strict uncle, but he dreams of becoming a truck driver like his dead father.

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