The End of the Road [electronic resource] : ePub edition
Cooke, Jack2021
eBook
A wonderfully quixotic, charming and surprisingly uplifting travelogue which sees Jack Cooke, author of the much-loved The Treeclimbers Guide, drive around the British Isles in a clapped-out forty-year old hearse in search of famous – and not so famous – tombs, graves and burial sites.Along the way, he launches a daredevil trespass into Highgate Cemetery at night, stumbles across the remains of the Welsh Druid who popularised cremation and has time to sit and ponder the imponderables at the graveside of the Lady of Hoy, an 18th century suicide victim whose body was kept in near condition by the bog in which she was buried. A truly unique, beautifully written and wonderfully imagined book.
Author:
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Mudlark, 2021
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
ISBN:
9780008294724
Language:
English
Subject:
Cooke, Jack, 1985- -- Travel -- Great BritainBurial -- Great Britain -- HistoryFuneral rites and ceremonies -- Great BritainSocietyCultural studies: customs & traditionsClassic travel writingAutobiography: generalTrue stories: discovery / historical / scientificTrue stories of heroism, endurance & survivalHistory of other landsSocial & cultural historySociology: death & dyingPsychology of ageingGeographical discovery & explorationCoping with death & bereavementMemoirsEuropean historyTravel writingUnited Kingdom, Great Britain20th century, c 1900 to c 199921st century, c 2000 to c 2100Lifestyle - TravelLifestyle - WellbeingAutobiographySocial ScienceHistory
BRN:
4146116