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Mitford, Jessica (“Decca”) ( b. 11 September 1917 in Batsford, Gloucestershire, England; d. 23 July 1996 in Oakland, California), prolific author and social and political commentator on American culture, best known for her work The American Way of Death (1963), a biting expose of the funeral industry. Mitford was the youngest of seven ...
Dec 12, 1983 · Jessica Mitford put into the words the absurdity and exorbant cost of dying. Though the book is approximately forty years old, the basic premise still applies even with old data. By the admission of one funeral director quoted in the book, the funeral industry is an unchecked racket.
- Jessica Mitford
Jessica Mitford is also the author of Hons and Rebels (previously published as Daughters and Rebels ), The American Way of Death, The Trial of Dr. Spock, Kind and Usual Punishment, A Fine Old Conflict, Poison Penmanship,Faces of Philip: A Memoir of Philip Toynbee, Grace Had an English Heart, and The American Way of Birth. Until her death in ...
Other articles where The American Way of Death is discussed: Jessica Mitford: Mitford’s second book, The American Way of Death (1963), a caustic examination of unscrupulous practices in the American funeral industry, became a best-seller. Her long-standing interest in civil-rights cases found expression in the book The Trial of Dr. Spock (1969), an account of the famous pediatrician’s ...
About Jessica Mitford. Jessica Mitford is also the author of Hons and Rebels (previously published as Daughters and Rebels), The American Way of Death, The Trial of Dr. Spock, Kind and Usual Punishment, A Fine Old Conflict, Poison Penmanship, Faces of Philip: A… More about Jessica Mitford
Jessica Mitford put into the words the absurdity and exorbant cost of dying. Though the book is approximately forty years old, the basic premise still applies even with old data. By the admission of one funeral director quoted in the book, the funeral industry is an unchecked racket.
- Jessica Mitford
Aug 3, 1998 · A voice from the beyond reaches out to update her bestselling investigation of America’s funeral practices. Mitford died in 1996, but according to an editor’s note, she had completed most of the work on this new version of her 1963 book (revised in 1978). Updating of prices and other details were completed by her research assistant, and a chapter on pay-in-advance funerals was written by ...
