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978-0-89587-185-5
0-89587-185-8
$9.95 paperback
5 1/2" x 8 1/2"
146 pages
2000 Storytelling Awards Honor Title
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Witches who fly down
chimneys. A chair that won't release its occupant until a drop of blood
stains the floor. A mountain that grew--and continues to grow--from the
grave of a woman who was larger than life. The ghost of a woman who
jumps on the bumpers of cars driving past the graveyard where she is
buried. An apple tree that growls at people who pick its fruit. A woman
who rose from her grave each night to get food for a baby born to her
after she was buried. A peach tree that grows on the head of a deer.
These and other legends and ghost stories handed down for generations
are contained in this collection of twenty-five tales from East
Tennessee.
The locales for these stories
range from Roan Mountain to Chattanooga; from Cades Cove to Hancock
County, where the Melungeons live; from the Sequatchie Valley to the
Cumberland Plateau. The stories themselves are enhanced by Appalachian
folk wisdom and tidbits about mountain traditions.
Whether your family has lived
in this region since early settlement or whether you're here on a
vacation, you will find these tales about supernatural happenings will
stay with you for a long time.
about the authors
Randy Russell and Janet Barnett are the authors of the popular Mountain
Ghost Stories and Curious Tales of Western North Carolina and Ghost
Dogs of the South. They are regular lecturers at the North
Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching in Cullowhee, North
Carolina, and call Asheville, North Carolina, home.
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