Don't waste your money on this one ....,
July 27, 2001
Reviewer: A reader from Cardiff UK
This was a very disappointing book, particularly considering the good reviews it has obtained. The author bores his audience throughout with his stilted academic prose and the scholarship is weak, sometimes to the verge of pseudoscience. The section on premature burials is pure fantasy and many references are distorted or misquited to fit Iserson's preconceived theories. This book may well suit would-be morticians, but has little to offer any serious scholar.
I need to know more about this guy before I accept what he says as fact - let me know if you find anything else to support this stuff.