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Christy #9
Mountain Madness
Christy stared in horror at the hideous creature towering over her. "Please don't hurt me," she begged in a terrified whisper.
When Christy travels alone to a nearby mountain, she vows to discover the truth behind the terrifying legend of a strange mountain creature. But what she finds at first seems worse than she ever imagined!
114 pages, Paperback
First published March 12, 1997
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About the author
Catherine Marshall
202 books1,075 followersMarshall was born in Johnson City, Tennessee. She was the daughter of the Reverend John Ambrose Wood and Leonora Whitaker Wood. From the age of nine until her graduation from high school, Marshall was raised in Keyser, West Virginia, where her father served as pastor of a Presbyterian church from 1924 to 1942.
While a junior at Agnes Scott College, she met Peter Marshall, marrying him in 1936. The couple moved to Washington, DC, where her husband served as pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church and Chaplain of the United States Senate.
In 1940, Marshall contracted tuberculosis, for which at that time there was no antibiotic treatment. She spent nearly three years recovering from the illness. Her husband died in 1949 of a heart attack, leaving her to care for their 9-year-old son, Peter John Marshall. He later also became a minister and author.
Marshall wrote a biography of her husband, A Man Called Peter, published in 1951. It became a nationwide success and was adapted as a film of the same name, released in 1955. Her success encouraged her to keep writing.
Marshall wrote or edited more than 30 books, which have sold over 16 million copies.[citation needed] They include edited collections of Peter Marshall's sermons and prayers, and her own inspirational writings. Her most successful books were A Man Called Peter (1951); and her novel, Christy (1967), which was inspired by the story of her mother's time in the mountains teaching the impoverished children of Appalachia. Christy was adapted as a CBS television series, starring Kellie Martin, beginning in 1994.
In 1959, Marshall married Leonard LeSourd, who was the editor of Guideposts Magazine for 28 years. Together they founded a book imprint, Chosen Books. They had three children, Linda, Chester and Jeffery.
Marshall died on March 18, 1983 at the age of 68. She was buried alongside her first husband.
While a junior at Agnes Scott College, she met Peter Marshall, marrying him in 1936. The couple moved to Washington, DC, where her husband served as pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church and Chaplain of the United States Senate.
In 1940, Marshall contracted tuberculosis, for which at that time there was no antibiotic treatment. She spent nearly three years recovering from the illness. Her husband died in 1949 of a heart attack, leaving her to care for their 9-year-old son, Peter John Marshall. He later also became a minister and author.
Marshall wrote a biography of her husband, A Man Called Peter, published in 1951. It became a nationwide success and was adapted as a film of the same name, released in 1955. Her success encouraged her to keep writing.
Marshall wrote or edited more than 30 books, which have sold over 16 million copies.[citation needed] They include edited collections of Peter Marshall's sermons and prayers, and her own inspirational writings. Her most successful books were A Man Called Peter (1951); and her novel, Christy (1967), which was inspired by the story of her mother's time in the mountains teaching the impoverished children of Appalachia. Christy was adapted as a CBS television series, starring Kellie Martin, beginning in 1994.
In 1959, Marshall married Leonard LeSourd, who was the editor of Guideposts Magazine for 28 years. Together they founded a book imprint, Chosen Books. They had three children, Linda, Chester and Jeffery.
Marshall died on March 18, 1983 at the age of 68. She was buried alongside her first husband.
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January 26, 2020
Christy got a donation of telephone and wires so that Cutters Gap could be connected to the world..it was going to be a big job running the wires over Boggin Mountain would be the easiest option but there were tales of a Boggin living on the mountain.... a strange mountain creature and everyone avoided the Mountain rather than facing their fears.
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Part of the myth was being fuelled by the owner of a still secreted under bushes by the river, and part by an oldtimer who had been hidden in a cabin on the mountain for a number of years.
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Part of the myth was being fuelled by the owner of a still secreted under bushes by the river, and part by an oldtimer who had been hidden in a cabin on the mountain for a number of years.
September 25, 2023
This is another episode about a mountain superstition, this time of the Boggin, a bigfoot-like creature that supposedly lives in the mountains. Only after a number of sightings and rumors and even fear on Christy's own part, it turns out that the Boggin is nothing but a lonely old man. Christy and the Spencers enlist the Boggin (whose name turns out to be Edward) in leveraging the rumors about him to help to right a wrong in the cove-- and they make a new friend in the process.
April 7, 2023
Full of adventures and courage.
May 27, 2023
(5☆ Would recommend & would read again)
I loved watching the Christy TV series was I was young. These books brought back a nostalgia and are well written. I loved this book series.
I loved watching the Christy TV series was I was young. These books brought back a nostalgia and are well written. I loved this book series.
March 7, 2025
This is a great book on how you can have internal fear and you can overcome them.
July 25, 2015
This little series is cute.
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