Part 1

Articles about errors found on gravestones, children’s deaths, ways of saying "died", how people died, miscellaneous and sometimes humorous aspects of gravestones, and general observations about the cemeteries covered in the book.

Part 2

A record of names and dates on all gravestones found in more than 100 cemeteries in the towns of Bar Harbor, Cranberry Isles, Mount Desert (including Bartlett and Sheep Islands), Southwest Harbor, and Tremont (including Gott and Tinker Islands).

Index

More than 1500 surnames.

How to purchase

Cost: $35.00 per book; shipping: $6 for any number of books sent to same address at same time; sales tax: $1.75 per book for addresses in Maine. Send check or credit card information (number and expiration date) to V. F. Thomas Co.; P. O. Box 400; Southwest Harbor, Maine 04679.
This book is also available on Mount Desert Island at the Bar Harbor Historical Society in Bar Harbor (Ledgelawn Avenue), at Port in a Storm Bookstore in Somesville, at the Mount Desert Island Historical Society museum store in Somesville, and at Rue Cottage (tel. 207-244-5542; fax 207-244-0136) in Bass Harbor, and in Dresden Mills, Maine, at The Mathom Bookshop.

Additions
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