Ghosts along the Cumberland

The lore of death and ghosts persists as a great vestige of the past in the eastern section of an area known as the Kentucky "Pennyroyal"--or, as longtime residents sometimes call it, the "Pennyrile." Located in the foothills of southcentral Kentucky near the Tennessee line, the Eastern Pennyroyal has produced a genuine folklore, handed down by generation after generation, that even today is manifested by beliefs in death omens and the recital of tales of the supernatural
> "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."
> "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."
> "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."
> "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."
> "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."
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