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The Lively Place, by Stephen Kendrick. Beacon Press, 2016
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If you want to learn more about Mount Auburn Cemetery, you’re in luck. New from Beacon Press this April is The Lively Place (Beacon Press, 2016; $16), Stephen Kendrick’s fascinating look at the history of Mount Auburn and the legacy of its founders and residents. An appendix even includes a guide to help readers locate some of the cemetery’s most interesting residents.
Kendrick is senior minister of First Church Boston, Unitarian Universalist, and the author of Holy Clues and co-author of Sarah’s Long Walk and Douglass and Lincoln.