Graven Images: New England Stonecarving and its Symbols, 1650–1815

In Puritan New England, with its abiding concern for things not of this world and its distrust of forms and ceremonies, one art flourished: the symbolic art of mortuary monument stonecarvers. This carefully researched, beautifully illustrated work was the first to consider this art in depth as a meaningful aesthetic-spiritual expression. It is reissued for today’s readers, with a new preface outlining changes in the field since the book appeared in 1966.

• Carved in Stone: The Artistry of Early New England Gravestones
• Stories in Stone: A Field Guide to Cemetery Symbolism and Iconography
• Understanding Cemetery Symbols: A Field Guide for Historic Graveyards (Messages from the Dead)
• Early New England Gravestone Rubbings
• Early American Gravestone Art in Photographs
• Memorials for Children of Change: The Art of Early New England Stonecarving
• A Time to Mourn: Expressions of Grief in Nineteenth Century America
• Cemeteries and Gravemarkers: Voices of American Culture
• Gravestones of Early New England and the Men Who Made Them 1653-1800
• The New England Orchard Cookbook: Harvesting Dishes & Desserts from the Region's Bounty