The Serpent Handlers: Three Families and Their Faith

A fascinating study of the snake handlers of Appalachia describes how members of this devout sect risk their own lives to promote their faith, drawing on interviews with three snake-handling families to reveal the traditions of their faith and their religious beliefs and doctrines.

• Author
• Fred W. Brown

• Format
• hardcover

• Pages
• 356

• Publisher
• John F. Blair, Publisher

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780895871916

• Genres
• religion, biography, history

• Release date
• 2000