{"product_id":"9780870495359","title":"Ghosts along Cumberland: Deathlore in the Kentucky Foothills","description":"\u003cp\u003eA fascinating collection of ghost stories, tales of the supernatural, death beliefs and death sayings that remain as a vestige of the part in south central Kentucky's \"Pennyrile\" region.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This unique and extremely valuable book adds considerably to the area of folklore studies in the United States.  The material which Montell obtained in his field work is superb.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Don Yoder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book is to be recommended to both folklorists and those non-folklorists who read folklore for enjoyment alone.  It makes an important contribution to the study of deathlore and, it is to be hoped, will draw added attention to this multi-generic subject area.\"\u003cbr\u003e—David J. Hufford, Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletin.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Professor Montell's book can well be viewed as a standard of excellence: a direct, articulate and cataloged approach for future study and implementation in the fields of folklore and oral history.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Joan Perkal, Oral History Association Newsletter.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The book gives fascinating accounts of death beliefs, death omens, folk beliefs associated with the dead, and in the major section, ghosts narratives.  A fine combination of scholarship and chilling narration to be relished by firelight in an old deserted house in the hills.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Book Forum.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Professor Montell has arranged beliefs and experiences about death of a particular group of people in such a way that a whole new aspect of the people's lives comes to focus.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Loyal Jones, The Filson Club HIstory Quarterly.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Tennessee Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033154306288,"sku":"9780870495359","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780870495359_p0.jpg?v=1769911530","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780870495359","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}