Mountain Mysteries: Investigating the Mystic Traditions of Appalachia

ISBN-10: 1570723168
ISBN-13: 9781570723162
Category: Folklore
Pages: 226
Language: English
Published: 2006-11
Publisher: The Overmountain Press
Author: Larry D. Thacker

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A near-obsessive pursuit of ghost stories and odd superstitions cranks up this serious study of Appalachian tales of the supernatural and their origin in both old-world customs and real historical events. An effort to preserve and record one aspect of a dying way of life, the book relies on interviews and historic documents to search for the facts behind local lore of murder, witchcraft, and weird hauntings. Several campfire-worthy ghost stories are recounted in their entirety—including "The Swinging Gate of Fern Lake Hollow"—and an unexpectedly large number of stories about aliens and UFOs provide an interesting comparison of three-century-old mysteries and those stirred up in comparatively recent times

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Mountain Mysteries: A Collection of Short Stories
- 2016-01-22
- 233 pages
- Paperback
- Outskirts Press

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