Salvation on Sand Mountain : snake handling and redemption in southern Appalachia / Dennis Covington.
| Author/creator |
Covington, Dennis |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, ©1995. |
| Description | xv, 240 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | Following signs -- The trail -- Sheep without a shepherd -- Under the brush arbor -- Jolo -- Roots -- Snakes -- Salvation on Sand Mountain -- War stories -- The wider circle: Elvis Presley Saylor -- The Wedding. |
| Abstract | Chronicles the trial of snake-handling preacher Glendel Buford Summerford who was convicted of attempted murder after forcing his wife to stick her arm in a box of rattlesnakes, and details how the author was drawn into the lives and religion of the people of The Church of Jesus with Signs Following in southern Appalachia. |
| Local note | Little-473658--305131069482% |
| Local note | Little-473658--305131069482% |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Covington, Dennis. Salvation on Sand Mountain. Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, ©1995 |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Covington, Dennis. Salvation on Sand Mountain. Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, ©1995 |
| Genre/form | Church history. |
| Genre/form | True crime literature. |
| LCCN | 94040335 |
| ISBN | 0201622920 |
| ISBN | 9780201622928 |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | BX7990.H6 C68 1995 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |