Jessica Mitford--of the notorious Mitford clan--was one of the most celebrated muckraking journalists of our time. Among her books areiDaughters and Rebels, The Trial of Dr. Spock,/iandiPoison Penmanship: The Gentle Art of Muckraking./iUntil her death in 1996, she lived in Oakland, California, with her husband, the labor lawyer Robert Treuhaft.brbrbriFrom the Hardcover edition./i"Mitford's funny and unforgiving book is the best memento mori we are likely to get. It should be updated and reissued each decade for our spiritual health."--iThe New York Review of Books/ibrbrOnly the scathing wit and searching intelligence of Jessica Mitford could turn an exposé of the American funeral industry into a book that is at once deadly serious and side-splittingly funny. When first published in 1963 this landmark of investigative journalism became a runaway bestseller and resulted in legislation to protect grieving families from the unscrupulous sales practices of those in "the dismal trade."brbrJust before her death in 1996, Mitford thoroughly revised and updated her classic study.bThe American Way of Death Revisited/bconfronts new trends, including the success of the profession's lobbyists in Washington, inflated cremation costs, the telemarketing of pay-in-advance graves, and the effects of monopolies in a death-care industry now dominated by multinational corporations. With its hard-nosed consumer activism and a satiric vision out of Evelyn Waugh's novelbThe Loved One/b,bThe American Way of Death Revisited/bwill not fail to inform, delight, and disturb.brbr"Brilliant--hilarious--A must-read for anyone planning to throw a funeral in their lifetime."--iNew York Post/ibrbr"Witty and penetrating--it speaks the truth."--iThe Washington Post/i
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