An engaging account of one man's peculiar and profound experiences as an embalmer and funeral director
Why would someone want to hang out with dead bodies?
With curious anecdotes and unbelievable truth, funeral director Robert Webster reveals that answer and more, offering readers entertaining and quirky stories gleaned from a life lived around death. Webster tackles those embarrassing questions we all have about what really goes on bhind the scenes when you've left this world- Strange things people put in casketsThe biggest rip-offs in the businessThe crazy things that happen to a body after deathLime, waz, and other ways to hide the truthThe most important thing an undertaker doesHow to avoid the high-pressure funeral parlorWhat that's not a coffin the body is resting in
By:
Robert Webster Imprint: Sourcebooks, Inc Country of Publication: United States Edition: Reprint Dimensions:
Height: 178mm,
Width: 127mm,
Spine: 38mm
Weight: 256g ISBN:9781402250835 ISBN 10: 1402250835 Pages: 256 Publication Date:01 May 2011 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Robert Webster has been a licensed embalmer and funeral director in Ohio since 1977. He attended the Cincinnati College of Mortuary and opened the Webster Funeral Home in Fairfield, Ohio, in 2001.