America's First Cremation Was WILD

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This video was greatly informed by the book "Purified by Fire: A History of Cremation in America" by Stephen Prothero. Thank you Mr. Prothero for giving us all the BONKERS details on this fascinating history.

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**SELECTED SOURCES**

Purified by Fire: A History of Cremation in America
Prothero, Stephen. University of California Press. 2001.

"Baron de Palm's Ashes: 1877"
https://thevictorianbookofthedead.wor...

"Up in Smoke: Theosophy and the Revival of Cremation"
https://www.theosophical.org/publicat...

"Why the First Cremation in the U.S. Was So Controversial"
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles...

"Why Cremation?"
https://www.christiancentury.org/arti...

"Ashes to Ashes: America’s First Crematorium"
http://pabook2.libraries.psu.edu/pali...

"The Writing on the Wall"
https://weelunk.com/the-writing-on-th...

Death in the Afternoon -- "Crematory Whoopsies" (Sarah Chavez)
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