books.google.com - Just one hundred years ago, Americans almost universally condemned cremation. Today, nearly one-quarter of Americans choose to be cremated. The practice has gained wide acceptance as a funeral rite, in both our private and public lives, as the cremations of icons such as John Lennon and John F. Kennedy...http://books.google.com/books/about/Purified_by_Fire.html?id=XqVOH9uzDDwC&utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePurified by Fire
