Mountain View Cemetery by Dennis Evanosky

Interesting in reading more about Mountain View Cemetery? Pick up a copy of Mountain View Cemetery docent Dennis Evanosky's recently published book: Mountain View Cemetery. The 128-page book, available for $24.95, features Mountain View's landscape, architecture, and personalities. Learn about the cemetery’s birth at Oakland's telegraph office, and meet famed landscape architect and Mountain View Cemetery designer Frederick Law Olmsted.

Stroll book-in-hand though Mountain View's Victorian-era landscape. Walk along Millionaires' Row and throughout the cemetery and meet the men and women who shaped our past. Learn about Mountain View's architecture, and get to know the signs and symbols that speak to us.

The book includes a never-before-seen close-up view of Mountain View Cemetery from a breathtaking 1893 panorama taken from "Inspiration Point" above the cemetery. The book also has a special section that features Mountain View's surprising relationship to the Civil War.

Maps throughout the book and in a special appendix will help direct you to pertinent markers, monuments, and mausoleums so you can visit your favorite Mountain View denizens firsthand.

Books are available at the Mountain View Cemetery office. Call 510.658.2588 to reserve your copy today.