title: Massachusetts Book of the Dead:: Graveyard Legends and Lore
author: Roxie Zwicker
description: Roxie J. Zwicker is a bestselling local author and television personality. She has been featured on the Travel Channel and History Channel and has hosted the inspirational television series The Power of One. Her company, New England Curiosities, features tours and events based on ghost stories of New England's forgotten past.
zlib_text: **A PROPER COMPANION**
  
   **by Candice Hern**
  
    
    
    
  
   **Copyright 2011 by Candice Hern**
  
    
  
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   **Prologue**
  
    
    
  
   _London, June 1785_
  