New Orleans Cemeteries : Life in the Cities of the Dead

Acknowledgments ix Foreword xiii The People: Arthur Smith/Homage From the Heart 1(8) New Orleans Cemeteries ``Cities of the Dead'' 9(14) Burial Types and Techniques 23(8) All Saints' Day 31(20) St. Louis Cemetery #1 51(10) St. Louis Cemetery #2 61(14) Lafayette Cemetery #1 75(12) Masonic Cemetery 87(6) Hebrew Rest 93(6) St. Louis Cemetery #3 99(10) The People: Wayne Schaub/Food for Commemoration 109(6) St. Roch Cemetery/Campo Santo 115(8) The People: Albert Hattier/In the Name of the Grandfather 123(4) Cypress Grove Cemetery 127(10) Greenwood Cemetery 137(8) Odd Fellows Rest 145(8) Holt Cemetery 153(10) Metairie Cemetery 163(16) Fleming (Berthoud) Cemetery 179(8) The People: Edmond Mayfield/Enduring Cemetery Vigilance from a Cajun Cowboy 187(4) The People: Bruce ``Sunpie'' Barnes/Cemetery Music 191(4) Afterword 195(8) Notes 203(4) Bibliography 207(2) Friends of New Orleans Cemeteries 209