num_pages: 160
description: Mayhayley Lancaster was many things through her interesting lawyer, schoolteacher, political activist, fortune teller, numbers runner, and self-proclaimed "oracle of the ages." In this new volume of creative nonfiction, the people who knew her reflect on her personality, her politics, and her passions, offering the reader a chance to delve fully into Mayhayley lore and legend. Oracle offers strange and often hilarious stories of the poor Georgia South in the post-Depression era, and how the eccentric Mayhayley's charisma and mysterious powers cast a spell on all the people who knew--and inevitably misunderstood--her.
language: English
title: Oracle of the Ages: Reflections on the Curious Life of Fortune Teller Mayhayley Lancaster
titlecomplete: Oracle of the Ages: Reflections on the Curious Life of Fortune Teller Mayhayley Lancaster
genres: History, Biography
ratings_count: 47
publisher: Newsouth Inc