Buried Alive: The Terrifying History of Our Most Primal Fear
- ISBN-10
- 039332222X
- ISBN-13
- 9780393322224
- Series
- Buried Alive
- Category
- Burial
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Author
- Jan Bondeson
Description
Speculating that one out of a hundred people were buried alive a century ago, this fascinating book uses folklore, history, and literature to explore the nineteenth-century fears associated with this disturbing fact. Reprint.
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