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Bezig met laden... Mountain Mysteries: The Mystic Traditions of Appalachia (editie 2007)door Larry Thacker (Auteur)
Informatie over het werkMountain Mysteries: The Mystic Traditions of Appalachia door Larry Thacker
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This was an odd book -- not because it deals with ghost stories, UFO and Bigfoot sightings, and death rituals, but because of the author's condescending tone and his strange habit of providing minute details when recounting one story but glossing over factual information for other stories. There are a few good stories sprinkled throughout, but it's a challenge to get to them. It just seemed like everything in the book was rushed: there were many typographical errors, and even the last chapter seemed tacked on, as it dealt not with any sort of mysticism or mystery but with the derivation of local names. There are very few sourced statements, but the bibliography for further reading is pretty good. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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 Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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