Handling Serpents

Two things this book is not: a guide to handling snakes, and yet another academic account of exotic backwoods practices right here in the heart of the civilization. Morrow is a native Appalachian, pastor, and long-time serpent handler in Tennessee who has collected extensive oral accounts of serpent handling to integrate with his own experience into a non-sensational description and explanation. Co-author Hood is a psychologist of religion. Names and Bible quotations are indexed. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR