{"product_id":"bury-me-in-the-sunshine","title":"Bury Me in the Sunshine","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy John Vidmar, O.P.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWe are drawn to accounts of disasters, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003ewrites John Vidmar, O.P., “not because of the human destruction that happens, but because of the human spirit that somehow survives and overcomes them, either in death (strangely) or in life.” Widely unknown and rarely discussed, the yellow fever epidemics of Memphis are among the worst tragedies in American history, each wave rife with fear and frustration, disaster and unspeakable devastation. Yet rising over and above all the turmoil and anguish was the indomitable strength and heroism of the human spirit. Embodying that spirit are actual men and women—doctors and nurses; priests and nuns, rabbis and ministers; journalists and editors—whose striving and sacrifice vanquished a deadly disease.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eThe story of the yellow fever epidemics has never been told in its entirety. \u003ci\u003eBury Me in the Sunshine\u003c\/i\u003e issues an inspiring correction to that historical negligence because it tells the tale through the lives and workings of those very men and women who were at its core, especially the Catholic clergy and religious whose contribution to foiling the fever was of paramount importance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e“\u003ci\u003eBury me in the sunshine. \u003cbr\u003e Let its warmth and gentle ray \u003cbr\u003e Shine forth upon my sepulcher… \u003cbr\u003e So peaceful I shall slumber\u003cbr\u003e While my soul returns to God.\u003c\/i\u003e” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eJ\u003c\/span\u003eoseph W. Turner)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Vidmar\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s4\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eO\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s4\" mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eP\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s5\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e is associate professor of history at Providence College in Rhode Island. His other published works include \u003ci\u003eThe Catholic Church through the Ages: A History\u003c\/i\u003e (Paulist) and \u003ci\u003eEnglish Catholic Historians and the English Reformation \u003c\/i\u003e(Sussex Academic).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1952826382\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 326pp.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100031574383,"sku":"978-1952826382","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5337\/6879\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--402.jpg?v=1781124639","url":"https:\/\/www.heavenlychristiangifts.com\/products\/bury-me-in-the-sunshine","provider":"Heavenly Christian Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}