A Graveyard Preservation PrimerThis slender volume encapsulates more information on graveyard preservation than any other restoration guidebook available. Packed with effective methods of maintenance and repair, A Graveyard Preservation Primer will help you restore and prolong the life of the stones in your care. Numerous photos and illustrations further clarify and demonstrate different problems and remedies for the beginning preservationist. Strangstad, who is familiar with historic yards from Halifax to Savannah, provides a step-by-step guidebook that is an indispensable reference tool for anyone interested in graveyard preservation. |
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| Title | A Graveyard Preservation Primer American Association for State and Local History book series G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series |
| Author | Lynette Strangstad |
| Contributor | Association for Gravestone Studies |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Rowman Altamira, 1988 |
| ISBN | 0761991301, 9780761991304 |
| Length | 126 pages |
| Subjects | › › Architecture / Historic Preservation / General Performing Arts / General |
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