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Greg Melville

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GREG MELVILLE is an author, adventure journalist, and tombstone tourist whose writing has appeared in many of the country's top print publications including Outside, Men's Health, National Geographic Traveler, and The New York Times. He is also a U.S. Navy veteran.

Melville's latest project is "Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America's Cemeteries. His acclaimed environmental book Greasy Rider was the 'campus common read' for six colleges and universities, and named by the American Library Association as one of the top 100 "Outstanding Books for the College Bound" for the first decade of the 2000s. He has served as an editor at Men's Journal, Sports Afield, and Footwear News and as a crime reporter for a daily newspaper i ...more

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	Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,700 ratings — published 2022 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Greasy Rider: Two Dudes, One Fast-Food-Fueled Car, and a Cross-Country Trip in Search of a Greener Future 3.37 avg rating — 219 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	101 Best Outdoor Towns: Unspoiled Places to Visit, Live & Play (101 Best...Series) by Sarah Tuff, Greg Melville (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Every life holds an epic tale, even if no one alive remembers it.”
― Greg Melville, Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries

tags: ancestry, cemetery, genealogy, life, stories

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“obelisk’s symbolic representation of the male anatomy, which shouldn’t be overlooked. As my physician wife, who’s never shy with talking about body parts, puts it when we walk through old cemeteries packed with firmly erect obelisks, “A lot of men were overcompensating for something around here.”
― Greg Melville, Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America's Cemeteries

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“There’s an honesty to these places, if you’re willing to look, because the dead don’t have a deceitful bone in their bodies.”
― Greg Melville, Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America's Cemeteries

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