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

ISBN: 0140254587

ISBN13: 9780140254587

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

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Book Overview

A haunting exploration of faith, from a preacher convicted of attempted murder to a first-hand account of holiness serpent handling--"One of the best books on American religion from the last 25 years" (Chicago Tribune) For New York Times reporter Dennis Covington, what began as a journalistic assignment-covering the trial of an Alabama pastor convicted of attempting to murder his wife with poisonous snakes-would evolve into a headlong plunge into a bizarre, mysterious, and ultimately irresistible world of unshakable faith: the world of holiness snake handling.Set in the heart of Appalachia, Salvation on Sand Mountain is Covington's unsurpassed and chillingly captivating exploration of the nature, power, and extremity of faith-an exploration that gradually turns inward, until Covington finds himself taking up the snakes. This description may be from another edition of this product.

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