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

The Christian Century | August 16, 1995| | Copyright

The serpent handlers look you. A surprising number of supposedly objective observers have been captivated by the spirit of this Appalachian sect. English professor and novelist Dennis Covington first encountered the serpent handlers while covering the trial of Glenn Summerford as a stringer for the New York Times. Summerford, a serpent-handling preacher, was charged with attempting to murder his wife, Darlene. Convinced that she had been unfaithful, Summerford had thrust her hand into a box of rattlesnakes. She was bitten, and he was convicted of attempted manslaughter ...

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