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Salvation on Sand Mountain

Snake Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia
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For New York Times reporter Dennis Covington, what began as a journalistic assignmentcovering the trial of an Alabama pastor convicted of attempting to murder his wife with poisonous snakeswould 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 Covingtons unsurpassed and chillingly captivating exploration of the nature, power, and extremity of faithan exploration that gradually turns inward, until Covington finds himself taking up the snakes.

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Dennis Covington is the award-winning author of several books of fiction and nonfiction, including Lizard and Lasso the Moon. He teaches creative writing at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas.
Release date NZ
August 1st, 2009
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Country of Publication
United States
Illustrations
8 pages of photos
Imprint
Da Capo Press Inc
Pages
288
Publisher
Hachette Books
Dimensions
141x208x20
ISBN-13
9780306818363
Product ID
3557203

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