Ghosts Along Cumberland - Deathlore Kentucky Foothills (Paperback)

A 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.
"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."
--Don Yoder.
"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."
--David J. Hufford, Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletin.
"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."
--Joan Perkal, Oral History Association Newsletter.
"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."
--Book Forum.
"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."
--Loyal Jones, The Filson Club HIstory Quarterly.

General

Imprint:	University of Tennessee Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 1987
First published:	June 1987
Authors:	William Lynwood Montell
Dimensions:	235 x 159 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-0-87049-535-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Promotions
LSN:	0-87049-535-6
Barcode:	9780870495359

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