Pet Sematary

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H ere a re s o m e p eo ple w ho h av e w ritt e n b ooks, t e lli n g w hat t h ey d id a n d w hy t h ey d id t h ose t h in gs:
J o hn D ean . H en ry K is sin ger. A dolp h H itl e r. C ary l C hess m an . J e b M ag ru der. N ap ole o n. T all e y ra n d. D is ra eli.
R obert Z im m erm an , a ls o k now n a s B ob D yla n . L ock e. C harlto n H esto n. E rr o l F ly nn. T he A yato ll a h K hom ein i.
G an dhi. C harle s O ls o n. C harle s C ols o n. A V ic to ria n G en tle m an . D r. X .
M ost p eo ple a ls o b elie v e th at G od h as w ritt e n a B ook, o r B ooks, te ll in g w hat H e d id a n d w hy —
at le ast to a
d eg re e—H e d id th ose th in gs, a n d s in ce m ost o f th ese p eo ple a ls o b elie v e th at h um an s w ere m ad e in th e im ag e
o f G od, t h en H e a ls o m ay b e r e g ard ed a s a p ers o n. . . o r, m are p ro perly , a s a P ers o n.
H ere a re s o m e p eo ple w ho h av e n ot w rit te n b ook s, t e ll in g w hat t h ey d id . . . a n d w hat t h ey s a w :
T he m an w ho b urie d H it le r. T he m an w ho p erf o rm ed th e au to p sy o n Jo hn W il k es B ooth . T he m an w ho
em balm ed E lv is P re sle y . T he m an w ho em balm ed — bad ly , m ost u n derta k ers sa y — Pope Jo hn X X II I. T he
tw osc o re u nderta k ers w ho c le an ed u p J o nesto w n, c a rry in g b ody b ag s, s p earin g p ap er c u ps w it h th ose s p ik es
c u sto dia n s c a rry in c it y p ark s, w av in g a w ay th e flie s. T he m an w ho c re m ate d W il li a m H old en . T he m an w ho
en case d t h e b ody o f A le x an der t h e G re at i n g old s o i t w ould n ot r o t. T he m en w ho m um m if ie d t h e P hara o hs.
D eath i s a m yste ry , a n d b uria l i s a