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 COLSON WHITEHEAD
  
  
  _The Intuitionist_
  
  
  _John Henry Days_
  
  
  _The Colossus of New York_
  
  
  _Apex Hides the Hurt_
  
  
  _Sag Harbor_
  
  
  
  
  
  ![](images/Whit_9780385535014_epub_tp_r1.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ![](images/Whit_9780385535014_epub_L01_r1.jpg)
  
  
  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations,
  places, events, 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 © 2011 by Colson Whitehead
  
  
  All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Doubleday, a division
  of Random House, Inc., New York, and in Canada by Random House of Canada
  Limited, Toronto.
  
  
  [www.doubleday.com](http://www.doubleday.com)
  
  
  DOUBLEDAY and the portrayal of an anchor with a dolphin are registered
  trademarks of Random House, Inc.
  
  
  The epigraphs are by Walter Benjamin, Ezra Pound, and Public Enemy,
  respectively.
  
  
  _Jacket 