Product Description Author Keven McQueen dissects some of Kentucky's more bizarre aspects of death, pulled directly from the history pages. Discover the reaper's creative side, meet the disgusting ghosts of Louisville and find out more than you wanted to know about old-fashioned embalming techniques. You will find it quite engrossing...and just plain gross.
Customer Reviews:
Very entertaining!October 11, 2008 This is a great book for anyone that enjoys reading about some of the folklore and ghost stories from our great state. I especially enjoyed reading the ghost stories from my hometown of Richmond in Madison County. Great book!
Razor Sharp WitSeptember 30, 2008 With a keen eye for what makes a good story, Keven McQueen uses his ready wit to tell each one with humor. These are sometimes morbid tales but told in such a way that the reader is entertained by them. "Kentucky Book of the Dead" amuses and sometimes fascinates.
EXTREMELY ENTERTAINING! MUST HAVE! GREAT GIFT!September 20, 2008 THIS BOOK IS EXTREMELY ENTERTAINING AND WOULD MAKE AN EXCELLENT GIFT! I TOOK IT TO WORK WITH ME AND ALL MY CO-WORKERS PASSED IT AROUND AND READ ALOUD AND TO THEMSELVES VARIOUS PARTS OF IT! THEY ALL ENJOYED IT AS MUCH AS I DO!
McQueen's New Book Tackles Death!August 13, 2008 Keven McQueen has the potential to be the Stephen King of non-fiction! Like King he relies on the most horrific material to entertain the reader. The difference is McQueen uses the reality of the human condition to cause nightmares!!!!! "The Kentucky Book of the Dead" will leave the reader in a dilemma.............Should one be embalmed or risk being buried alive??
Another little gem from K. McQueen.August 11, 2008 It takes a consummate master of the written word to make typically unsavory topics such as death by cesspool and olden embalming techniques come across as hilarious and not just plain morbid. Keven Mcqueen is a master, as proven by his latest book, The Kentucky Book of the Dead. He's got it in spades. He'll waste no time for the reader, offering up concise yet enthralling bits of death and factoids on the mayhem wreaked by the unlucky, uncaring, and just plain not so bright among us. He gives us a lagniappe of amusing tombstone headings as a little gift to the reader, which I consider a fantastic way of ending the book. Also, Kyle McQueen's illustrations help spotlight all the humor and pathos. Don't miss out on this one!
