Art, architecture, celebrities, nature all for free in NYC? Critically acclaimed author Douglas Keister shows us the unlikely place you'll find it all: in New York City’s fabulous cemeteries. Stories in Stone New York: A Field Guide to New York City Cemeteries and Their Residents features some of the most fabulous cemeteries in New York City’s five boroughs and Westchester County. From Green-Wood cemetery in Brooklyn, which was the inspiration for Central Park, to Sleepy Hollow in the shadow of the Tappan Zee, art, architecture and celebrities are literally at our feet. 

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery gets its own chapter, you'll want this guide book in hand when you visit! 

Don't miss Doug Keister's original Stories in Stone, the definitive book on cemetery symbolism.

ISBN 1423621026

Publisher's description: With Stories in Stone New York, the author presents cemetery buffs with stunning photographs, fascinating text, and easy GPS directions for locating gracious architecture, fabulous artwork, and memorable gravesites of famous and not-so-famous area “residents” residing peacefully in its beautiful cemeteries. Includes The Big Four, Manhattan Churchyards & Resting Places, Eternal Excursions in well-known boroughs, as well as Humane Remains at the pet cemetery in Hartsdale. Douglas Keister’s critically acclaimed books on cemeteries are standard references for cemetery lovers and genealogists, and have been the subject of numerous magazine, newspaper, Internet articles, and television interviews, including CBS Sunday Morning. He lives in Chico, California. Size: 4.5" X 9" X .48" Table Of Contents: About New York 5 Architecture—Going Out in Style 7 Cemeteries 18 The Big Four The Green-Wood Cemetery 21 The Woodlawn Cemetery 51 Kensico Cemetery 87 Sleepy Hollow Cemetery 103 Manhattan Resting Places The Holy Trinitys 127 St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery 135 St. Patrick’s Cathedral Crypts 139 Grant’s Tomb 141 Eternal Excursions Calvary Cemetery 147 Cypress Hills Cemetery 151 Ferncliff Cemetery 157 Gate of Heaven Cemetery 171 Moravian Cemetery 177 St. Raymond’s Old & New Cemeteries 181 Humane Remains Hartsdale Pet Cemetery 189 Cemetery Symbolism 199 Secret Societies, Clubs, and Organizations 217 Stories in Stone 231 Index 252 Acknowledgments and References 256 Gazetteer INSERT