The Old Glass Woman : A Serpent Box Excerpt
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- Artist: KQED-FM
- Title: Vincent Carrella: Serpent Box
- Genre: Literature
- Year: 2008
- Length: 9:04 minutes (4.18 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 64Kbps (CBR)
Description:
Charles Flint is a snake-handling Pentecostal preacher living in Tennessee in 1946. His 10-year-old son Jacob is physically deformed but spiritually gifted. Together they spread the word of God by drinking poison and handling deadly serpents through rural Appalachia until a tragic accident sets the boy on a different path.
This excerpt occurs on the night before that accident...
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