The body snatchers
By: Daniel Cohen.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: The Weird and horrible library
Publisher: Lippincott
Published: 1975
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
Subjects: Body snatching -- Juvenile literature.; Grave robbing -- Juvenile literature.; Dead -- Juvenile literature.; Body snatching.; Dead -- Folklore.
Description: Examines burial customs and attitudes toward death through the ages and discusses magical, religious, economic, scientific, and political motives for body snatching and grave robbing.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 156.
Includes index.