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Dennis Covington

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in Birmingham, Alabama, The United States

October 30, 1948

Died

April 14, 2024

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Average rating: 3.88 · 5,165 ratings · 656 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors

	Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake-Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia 3.93 avg rating — 4,742 ratings — published 1995 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Redneck Riviera: Armadillos, Outlaws, and the Demise of an American Dream 3.38 avg rating — 165 ratings — published 2004 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lizard 3.25 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 1991 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cleaving: The Story of a Marriage by Dennis Covington, Vicki Covington 3.23 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 1999 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Revelation: A Search for Faith in a Violent Religious World 3.43 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lasso the Moon 2.83 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1995 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	LIZARD by Dennis Covington (1991-05-01) by Dennis Covington, Unknown Author it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Redneck Riviera by Dennis Covington, Ed Sala (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Dennis Covington (?)

“Knowing where you come from is one thing, but it's suicide to stay there.”
― Dennis Covington, Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake-Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia

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“To say that I enjoyed writing... is like saying I enjoy having fingers and toes. It's difficult to imagine life without them.”
― Dennis Covington, Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake-Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia

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“All I know is that I am excessively calculating, especially when I appear not to be.”
― Dennis Covington, Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake-Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia

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Polls

What shall we read in July, 2021? Books published after 1980.

Call Your Daughter Home, by Deb Spera

12 votes 28.6%

Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake-Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia, by Dennis Covington

8 votes 19.0%

Father and Son, by Larry Brown

7 votes 16.7%

Hard Cash Valley, by Brian Panowich

6 votes 14.3%

The Good Brother, by Chris Offutt

4 votes 9.5%

Something Rich and Strange: Selected Stories by Ron Rash

4 votes 9.5%

Smonk, by Tom Franklin

1 vote 2.4%

42 total votes

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