REMEMBRANCES
AND
CELEBRATIONS
A BOOK OF EULOGIES, ELEGIES,
LETTERS, AND EPITAPHS
Edited by
Jill
Werman Harris
336 pages - Paperback
November 1999 - Vintage
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ISBN: 0375701257
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Review:
Remembrances and
Celebrations is a memorable collection of 51 eulogies, 43
condolence letters, 49 elegies (poems) and 102 epitaphs
honoring the lives of many famous individuals. Among the
mourners and the mourned, you will recognize many names, such
as:
| T. S.
Eliot |
Agatha
Christie |
Duke
Ellington |
Dr. Martin
Luther King |
| Ogden Nash |
Daniel
Webster |
Robert
Kennedy |
Jacqueline
Kennedy Onassis |
| George
Burns |
Lawrence
Olivier |
James Michener |
Thomas Jefferson |
| Jim Henson |
Ben Franklin |
John F. Kennedy |
Diana, Princess of Wales |
| C. S. Lewis |
Charles Dickens |
Abraham Lincoln |
George Bernard Shaw |
| Mozart |
John Whittier |
Emily Dickinson |
Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Longfellow |
Noel Coward |
Edgar Allen Poe |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
| King Hussein |
Winston Churchill |
Rev. Abernathy |
Edna St. Vincent Millay |
Jill Werman Harris has
selected many great examples of consolatory art capturing the
essence of lives leaving this world. You'll see how great
writers and orators, along with ordinary folk of our time, have
temporarily transformed their sorrow into words to comfort not only
themselves, but grieving family and friends.
Whether you are
famous or not, creating a meaningful and sincere poem, condolence
letter or eulogy can be very cathartic. Writing can serve as
the tool to verbalize your grief, releasing many powerful
emotions. Your honest, heartfelt and personal tribute
can become a joy and inspiration to others. Remembrances and
Celebrations is a great reference full of concrete illustrations
for personalizing the story of your loved one or expressing your
loss. Consider this book a "must read" before you
commemorate the next remembrance anniversary for your loved
ones .
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