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9780140254587

Salvation on Sand Mountain : Snake Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia

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  • ISBN13:

    9780140254587

  • ISBN10:

    0140254587

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1996-03-01
  • Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
  • Purchase Benefits
List Price: $15.00

Summary

On assignment in Alabama to cover a murder trial, New York Times journalist Dennis Covington discovered the bizarre, mysterious, ultimately irresistible world of holiness snake handling. As he explored the lives and beliefs of the poor, white Southerners who practice this strange form of religion, he gradually began to explore his own soul. A National Book Award nominee. of photos.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xi(4)
Prologue xv
1. Following Signs
1(20)
2. The Trial
21(24)
3. Sheep without a Shepherd
45(19)
4. Under the Brush Arbor
64(17)
5. Jolo
81(30)
6. Roots
111(22)
7. Snakes
133(21)
8. Salvation on Sand Mountain
154(24)
9. War Stories
178(19)
10. The Wider Circle: Elvis Presley Saylor
197(16)
11. The Wedding
213

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