Salvation On Sand Mountain
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Salvation On Sand Mountain by Dennis Covington
A haunting exploration of faith, from a preacher convicted of attempted murder to a first-hand account of holiness serpent handling--One of the best books on American religion from the last 25 years (Chicago Tribune) For New York Times reporter Dennis Covington, what began as a journalistic assignment-covering the trial of an Alabama pastor convicted of attempting to murder his wife with poisonous snakes-would 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 Covington's unsurpassed and chillingly captivating exploration of the nature, power, and extremity of faith-an exploration that gradually turns inward, until Covington finds himself taking up the snakes.
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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780140254587 |
| ISBN 10 | 0140254587 |
| Titel | Salvation On Sand Mountain |
| Autor | Covington Dennis |
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| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 1996-03-28 |
| Seitenanzahl | 272 |
| Preise | Winner of Boston Book Review (Nonfiction) 1996, Short-listed for National Book Awards (Nonfiction) 1995 |
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