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Planning a visit? Perhaps you just want to learn more about the history of Forest Lawn, or read about Frank Lloyd Wright’s most innovative memorial structure. Simply email flc@forest-lawn.com or call us at (716) 885-1600 to purchase one of these exclusive publications.
Blue Sky Mausoleum of Frank Lloyd Wright
Author: Richard O. Reisem
Foreword : Philip Nobel
Design: Frank Petronio/Cleanpage
Published in 2005
The story of the long road to the newly constructed Blue Sky Mausoleum™ has many twists and turns, revealing much about Frank Lloyd Wright’s character and Darwin Martin’s persistence, as well as about the bold plan to resurrect the project after more than seventy years. Read the complete story to gain insight into this remarkable project.
Written by Richard O. Reisem, author of Classic Buffalo: A Heritage of Distinguished Architecture, and Forest Lawn Cemetery ~ Buffalo History Preserved. Introduction by noted architectural critic Phillip Nobel. An authorized Frank Lloyd Wright Legacy Design book.
96 pages, hardcover, with many high-quality illustrations and photographs
Price: $29.95
Postage & Handling: $3.00 per order
You can also read about this memorial on our dedicated Blue Sky website.
Forest Lawn Cemetery ~ Buffalo History Preserved
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Editor: Richard O. Reisem
Photography: Seth Colby & Stanford Lipsey
Authors: Albert L. Michaels, Richard O. Reisem, Bette A. Rupp
Design: Frank Petronio
First published in 1996
Second printing 2003
Forest Lawn Cemetery: Buffalo History Preserved is a hardcover book that details 150 years of Western New York history and the fascinating stories of the more than 155,000 people buried in Forest Lawn.
Arguably the most beautiful book about a cemetery, its people and its city ever produced, this “coffee table book” of 160 pages features breathtaking photos by Seth Colby, owner of his own arts studio in Buffalo, and Stanford Lipsey, Publisher of The Buffalo News. The photos and text include a reflection of the growth of Buffalo, with an impressive burial list that includes a U.S. President and 47 mayors.
The cemetery’s outstanding funerary architecture represents a wide range of styles. Work of nationally known architects Richard Upjohn and Stanford White are included, along with bas-relief sculpture by August Saint Gaudens and stained glass by Louis Comfort Tiffany. Richard Reisem’s lively text ties this outstanding collection of architecture to Buffalo’s historical and cultural contributions to American society.
160 pages, hardcover, with over 200 photographs
Price: $39.95
Postage & Handling: $3.00 per order
A Field Guide to Forest Lawn Cemetery
Text by Richard O. Reisem
Photography by Seth Colby
Research by Bette A. Rupp
Design by Frank Petronio
Published in 1998
Published in celebration of the sesquicentennial of the founding of Forest Lawn Cemetery in 1849, the Forest Lawn Field Guide is a must for lovers of funerary art, architecture and nature.
This field guide is designed to help you find your way through the cemetery’s vast 269 acres to the more famous gravesites in the last century and a half. Brief biographical information on more than 160 interesting people will make your visit to their graves more fulfilling. The guide will also direct you to the cemetery’s fascinating features and monuments. There is even a dictionary to define the Victorian symbols you’ll find carved on tombstones. Use of this guide will enhance your visit to Forest Lawn by making it more engaging and informative.
44 pages, spiral bound, with dozens of duotone photographs
Price: $10.00
Postage & Handling: $3.00 per order
Forest Lawn Educator’s Handbook
Written by Donna S. Percy
Illustration & design by James O’Rourke
Published in 1996
Can you name the 13th President of the United States?
How about the person credited for creating Flag Day?
And what does it mean when you see an anchor or a crown on a grave marker?
Answers to these and other fascinating questions can be found in A Visit to Forest Lawn: Educator’s Handbook. This is an easy-to-follow workbook for all ages. It opens with informative remarks for teachers to enable them to give self-guided discovery tours through one of the most famous Victorian cemeteries of North America.
Fifteen different sections cover history, time lines, geology, biology, genealogy, a discussion of death, art and sculpture, architects, monument styles, veterans, and identification of trees and birds.
53 pages, soft bound, with many illustrations
Price: $5.00, with quantity discounts available
Postage & Handling: $3.00 per order
Please email flc@forest-lawn.com or call us at (716) 885-1600 to purchase any of these exclusive publications.
