Going Out in Style: The Architecture of Eternity

What would you want chiseled into a stone that would represent you and your life for all eternity? Douglas Keister, considered by many to be America's foremost authority on cemeteries, takes you on a tour of some of the country's most memorable memorials in Going Out in Style: The Architecture of Eternity. Keister's evocative photographs capture some of the most beautiful architecture in America in the places that one is least likely to look for it. Mausoleums, statues, and memorials are a connection between the modern world and the generations that went before us. Keister's lens bridges the distance between these two worlds. Featuring text by American Cemetery Magazine associate editor Xavier Cronin, Going Out in Style is a comforting reminder that we can still make our mark in this world long after we've left it.

About the Author :
Photographer-writer Douglas Keister, has authored and co-authored forty-two critically acclaimed books. He also writes and illustrates magazine articles and contributes photographs and essays to dozens of magazines, newspapers, books, calendars, posters and greeting cards worldwide. His twenty-five books on architecture include four books on Victorian homes (Daughter's of Painted Ladies, Painted Ladies Revisited, America's Painted Ladies, and Victorian Glory); twelve books on bungalow homes (The Bungalow, Inside the Bungalow, Outside the Bungalow, 500 Bungalows and eight small format books on bungalow details), a book on 1920's whimsical homes (Storybook Style), a book about cemetery art and architecture (Going Out in Style), a book on Spanish architecture, (Red Tile Style), four books on cottages (Classic Cottages, Inside Classic Cottages, Cottages and 500 Cottages), and a book on courtyards. Keister photographed and wrote an award winning children's book in Costa Rica (Fernando's Gift) and a bilingual children's book in Beijing, China. He has two monographs of his personal work (Black Rock and Driftwood Whimsy), and four books on classic recreational vehicles, (Ready to Roll, Silver Palaces, Mobile Mansions and Teardrops and Tiny Trailers). His wealth of books on architecture has earned him the title, "America's most noted photographer of historic architecture". His cemetery guide books (Southern states, Los Angeles, New York and Paris) and a book on cemetery symbolism, (Stories in Stone) garnered him an appearance on CBS Sunday Morning. In the mid 2000s, Doug began writing novels, including Desiree, Autumn in Summer, Molly in the Afternoon (writing as Suzanne Hartley) and a memoir about growing up in Nebraska titled Heart-Land: Growing up in the Middle of Everything. His most recent novel, Bullets, Baubles and Bones, came out in May 2014. A revised and updated edition of his book Storybook Style: America's Whimsical Homes of the 1920s will be released in Spring 2017. He lives in Chico, California.