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Salvation on Sand Mountain by Dennis Covington (1996, Paperback, Reprint) 
Salvation on Sand Mountain by Dennis Covington (1996, Paperback, Reprint)

 
Salvation on Sand Mountain by Dennis Covington (1996, Paperback, Reprint)

Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Publication Date: 1996-03-01
Language: English
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0140254587
ISBN-13: 9780140254587
Product ID: EPID67712
Description: Journalist Dennis Covington documents the case of Glenn Summerford, arrested and tried for murdering his wife with rattlesnakes. On Sand Mountain, Covington found he discovered the similarities between himself and the devotees of snake-h...
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Synopsis
Journalist Dennis Covington documents the case of Glenn Summerford, arrested and tried for murdering his wife with rattlesnakes. On Sand Mountain, Covington found he discovered the similarities between himself and the devotees of snake-handling, strychnine-drinking religions so quickly it was disturbing to him. This book was voted by the "Voice Literary Supplement" one of the 25 Favorite Books of 1995.

Details
Publication Date:1996-03-01
Edition Description:Reprint

Size
Height:7.8 in
Width:5.0 in
Thickness:0.5 in
Weight:6.4 oz

Publisher's Note
On assignment in Alabama to cover a murder trial, New York Times journalist Dennis Covington discovered the bizarre, mysterious, ultimately irresistible world of holiness snake handling. As he explored the lives and beliefs of the poor, white Southerners who practice this strange form of religion, he gradually began to explore his own soul. A National Book Award nominee. of photos.

Industry Reviews
"This book...does the impossible: It breathes. And it will take your breath - if you have a heart and soul."
Clyde Edgerton

"An extraordinary account of how a journalistic assisnment evolved into a spiritual quest."

"SALVATION ON SAND MOUNTAIN will jar you to the bone."
Fannie Flagg

"The lessons and insights of SALVATION ON SAND MOUNTAIN may seem creepy to those who prefer their Jesus to be a 'mild-mannered esthete with shampooed hair.' Still it is a book of revelation - brilliant, dire and full of grace."
New York Times Book Review - Lee K. Abbott

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