title: The New York Times Book of the Dead: 320 Print and 10,000 Digital Obituaries of Extraordinary People
author: William McDonald
description: A black-and-white volume that captures the essence of The New York Times obituary: superbly researched pieces of history that retain the immediacy of it-just-happened...A must for the history enthusiast.<b><i><i>The Seattle Times</i><br /></i></b>
zlib_text: > ALSO BY DAVID LEVIEN
  
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  > Thirteen Million Dollar Pop
  
  > Where the Dead Lay
  
  > City of the Sun
  
  > ·
  
  > Wormwood
  
  > Swagbelly: A Novel for Today’s Gentleman
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents
  either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
  Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is
  entirely coincidental.
  
  Copyright © 2015 by Levien Works, Inc.
  
  All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Doubleday, a division
  of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, and distributed in Canada by Random
  House of Canada, a division of Penguin Random House Ltd., Toronto.
  
  [www.doubleday.com](http://www.doubleday.com)
  
  DOUBLEDAY and the portrayal of an anchor with a dolphin are registered
  trademarks of Penguin Random House LLC.
  
  Jacket design by Evan Gaffney  
  Jacket photograph © Michae