{"product_id":"ghosts-along-cumberland-william-lynwood-montell-9780870495359","title":"Ghosts Along Cumberland: Deathlore Kentucky Foothills","description":"\u003cbr\u003eA 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Don Yoder. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e--David J. Hufford, Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Joan Perkal, Oral History Association Newsletter. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Book Forum. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Loyal Jones, The Filson Club HIstory Quarterly. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Lynwood Montell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0870495356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780870495359\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Univ Tennessee Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/23\/1987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 5.98w x 0.76d","brand":"William Lynwood Montell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947421663487,"sku":"9780870495359","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_4917d102-d5d6-4530-972a-c96fa20e2ae5.jpg?v=1681518628","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ghosts-along-cumberland-william-lynwood-montell-9780870495359","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}