Rain Jason Edgar heard about the Lost Girls Memorial from a kid back at school, a pre-law student who heard about the book deal and volunteered his recollection of the sad legend behind it in exchange for a mention in the credits and a free copy. The Book of the Mourning: A Photographic Tribute to America's Forgotten Dead. It was finished a week ago, almost two full months ahead of schedule. It was a compilation of haunting black and white photos of markers and memorials from a handful of the most out of the way graveyards in the United States, each accompanied by the sad or enigmatic tale behind it. He was ready to send the finished manuscript to his publisher, a small press non-fiction publisher based in Maryland, when the underclassman approached him with the story. A small town

