The compilation reaffirms our fascination with cemeteries and their status as tourist attractions. People visit cemeteries in large numbers. Evidence of crowd control abounds from signs directing traffic to the grave marker of President Clinton's mother in Hope, Arkansas, and the large steel cage protecting the tombstone of Billy the Kid at Fort Sumner, New Mexico, to the monument in New Orleans made famous by the movie "Easy Rider" and Bonnie Parker's coveted headstone in Dallas, relocated to prevent theft.
The stories also demonstrate that the reasons people flock to cemeteries are as...