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Author
Publisher
Mercer University Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
183 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
When it is healing they need, the people at Christian Bend, Tennessee, turn to one woman--Burdy Luttrell. Melungeon by birth, Burdy learned the therapeutic properties of roots from the women in her family. When Burdy discovers that Lincoln Memorial University is hosting a class on healing roots, she persuades her friend, Mayne, to drive her up. The two women make a fateful stop at Laidlow Pharmacy at Bean Station where an armed gunman executes three...
Author
Publisher
Mercer University Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
256 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
According to Melungeon town healer Burdy Luttrell, "Maizee Hurd was an easy target for hard times." After tragedy struck, Maizee was sent off to be raised by a childless aunt and her doctor husband. Shortly after Maizee's ferry boat arrival in the rural mountain community of Christian Bend--carrying only a small suitcase, her mama's Bible, and her doll Hitty--the young girl began hearing the voices that would continue to torment her. It was the tender...
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