Leslie's review
Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake-Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia
by Dennis Covington
Leslie's review
Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake-Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia by Dennis Covington
Leslie's review
rating:
bookshelves:
alabama,
alabamaauthors,
religion,
southernculture
recommended for: Southern history fans
Covington travels to Sand Mountain in the foothills of the Appalachians to study the snake handlers. These folks believe that God will protect them from getting bit by the rattlesnakes that they handle. Covington gets so wrapped up in their culture, that he ends up snake-handling himself for a bit, until he snaps out of it. I could not put this book down.
