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

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

Dennis Covington

272 pages first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir religion reflective fast-paced
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Grendel Buford Summerford, pastor of the Church of Jesus with Signs Following, was convicted of trying to Jill his wife with poisonous snakes. As Dennis Covington covered the murder trial, he discovered the bizarre, mysterious, ultimately irresist...

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informative 84%
reflective 68%
adventurous 36%
emotional 31%
tense 31%
dark 26%
challenging 15%
mysterious 15%
sad 15%
hopeful 5%

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