Johnson, Marilyn <br/><br/>
The dead beat  : lost souls, lucky stiffs, and the perverse pleasures of obituaries 
/ Marilyn Johnson 
 - viii, 252 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :  illustrations 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-247). 
<br/><br/>I walk the dead beat A wake of obituarists Name that bit The mighty and the fallen of New York Now you know Ordinary Joe The egalitarians Tributes The four horsemen of the apocalypse Googling death The obit writer's obit 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780739487327 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Obituaries--History and criticism<br/>Death--Social aspects--United States
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>070.44992