Harris, Mark. Grave Matters. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2007. 69-125. Print.
Some of the least expensive and most personal way of caring for the dead are building one's own plain coffin out of pine or buying one for no more than $400, having one's own family graveyard on their property, or having a natural burial which prohibits any metal casket or embalming and is covered with vegetation or a natural form of earth.
"With its straightforward arrangement, family focus, low cost, and basic handmade casket at the center." (126)
"The home burial also means he and other families don't have to use (and pay for) the burial vaults most cemeteries require or abide by their rules." (144)
"These native field stones...are more than the mere product of local geology; they're grave markers, and below each one a body or its ashes lies buried."
This last section was not as interesting as the middle in my opinion because it discussed options that while cheaper and more efficient, were commonly practiced by many. This book is structurally similar to Omnivore's Dilemma from the Food unit because both are set up in a way the feed only information and still seem to give off a one-sided opinion of the industry each author is discussing.
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