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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries Marilyn Johnson The cult and culture of the obituaries. OL15023023W
The dead beat The dead beat Marilyn Johnson Obituaries are history as it is happening. Whose time am I living in? Was he a success or a failure, lucky or doomed, older than I am or younger? Did she know how to live? Where else can you celebrat… OL15857610W
The Dead Beat The Dead Beat Marilyn Johnson Marilyn Johnson was enthralled by the remarkable lives that were marching out of this world—so she sought out the best obits in the English language and the people who spent their lives writing about… OL4493068W