Faithful unto Death
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The remarkable stories of beloved pets – from the famous and
unusual to the everyday – memorialized at burial sites around the
world, accompanied by a rich selection of archival photos and the
author’s evocative images of their final resting places. When a
little dog named Cherry died in 1881, his owners arranged for a
grave in a nearby gatekeeper’s garden in London. At this time, the
idea that a pet, even one that had lived as a family member, might
be given a dignified burial was considered comical.But when other
pet owners, likewise determined to memorialize their companion
animals, followed suit, the world’s first urban pet cemetery was
born. More soon followed across Europe, the United States, and then
the rest of the world, resulting in a revolution in the way we
consider animals. Faithful unto Death tells the stories of people
who gave their hearts to a disparate variety of species, yet were
all united in one common belief: that the reward at death for a
faithful animal companion should reflect the love it offered during
life.Losing a pet has always been a unique kind of pain. No set
rituals exist to help provide closure when pets die, there are no
readily shared passages from spiritual texts, no community of
compassion to surround the mourner and help alleviate grief. And
there is a sense of taboo, that it is somehow socially incorrect to
mourn an animal as one would a person and feel the pain so
intensely.Faithful unto Death confronts this taboo by telling the
stories of people who have memorialized their beloved animals. The
book addresses the moral and spiritual prejudices that have
historically surrounded animals, and reveals how, in the face of
these prejudices, a movement started in the nineteenth century to
treat pets with dignity even in death. It is a fight that is still
far from over, but the triumphs that are revealed as the book
unfolds, found in burial grounds small to grand and on monuments
humble to huge, possess the power to touch everyone who has ever
cared for an animal companion.In tracing the historical evolution
of pet cemeteries through the stories of the people and pets that
have been integral to their development, this book reveals both
similarities in the way we mourn animal companions and a stunning
cultural diversity. From humble Cherry in London to pets of the
rich and powerful, this is a history filled with inspiration, wild
eccentricity and eternal love.
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Koudounaris Paul ,
Thames & Hudson Ltd
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Koudounaris Paul,
Thames & Hudson Ltd
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Slovart
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