From Slate to Marble: Gravestone Carving Traditions in Eastern Massachusetts: 1770-1870
Graver Press, 2006

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abstract
This is the definitive study of 55 eastern Massachusetts stonecutters, previously unidentified or unexamined, who lived and worked in Boston, Plymouth County, Cape Cod, the Islands, and the other four counties of the region.

This book examines:

- the lives of these craftsmen, drawing on a variety of primary historical sources;
- their bodies of work, design repertoires and lettering styles;
- the networking that bound them together in their trade;
- how stonecutting evolved from a craft to a business enterprise as it shifted from slate to marble.

The accompanying compact disc contains:

- over 750 color images of gravestones, each with a caption that connects it with the book's narrative;
- searchable and sortable lists of over 8000 gravestones ascribed to these carvers and assigned to specific burial grounds;
- lists of over 1300 documented and signed gravestones that establish the identity of these carvers;
- a catalog of 713 burial grounds where this work is to be found.