num_pages: 240
description: A journalist describes an assignment in the mountains of Alabama which led to his spiritual journey into the world of holiness snake handling, a faith whose followers characteristically place themselves in life-threatening situations. Reprint. Tour.
language: English
title: Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake-Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia
titlecomplete: Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake-Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia
genres: Christianity, History, Southern, Religion, Southern Gothic, Biography, Journalism, Memoir, Nonfiction, True Crime
ratings_count: 4011
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Nonfiction
publisher: Penguin Books