Tiptoe Through the Tombstones Oak Hill Cemetery

In Newburyport, Massachusetts Oak Hill Cemetery, consecrated in 1842 and still an active burial ground, was part of the early rural garden cemetery movement in the United States. The final resting place of authors, abolitionists, silversmiths, civil war soldiers, artists, and descendants of the first settlers of Newbury in the 1640s who made their lives in the community, Oak Hill Cemetery is the gateway to discovering the contributions they have made to Newburyport history. This award winner book was honored by the 2009 New England Book Festival Runner-up Book of the Year, Book Design of the Year, and Runner-up Biography/Autobiography of the Year; the 2010 New York Book Festival Runner-up Biography/Autobiography of the Year; and one of 75 nationwide finalists of the American Association for State and Local History in 2010.