Witches, Ghosts, and Signs: Folklore of the Southern Appalachians

West Virginia University Press is pleased to bring back into print this 1975 out-of-print classic by the late Patrick W. Gainer, renowned West Virginia and Appalachian folklorist. Based on material Gainer collected from over fifty years of field research in the region, the book presents the rich heritage of the southern Appalachians in a way that has never been equaled. This is a book our customers have been asking for for many years. It inlcudes an introduction and folk motif index by Dr. Judy Byers, founder and director of the West Virginia Folklife Center at Fairmont State University.