Appalachian Mountain Dreams

Ain’t No Grave: The Life and Legacy of Brother Claude Ely (DTD-15)

Macel Ely, the great-nephew of Brother Claude Ely, spent years conducting oral-history interviews with more than 1000 people in the Appalachian Mountains. The result is a 360-page hardback biography with 290 sepia photographs. The accompanying CD has rare and electrifying audio recordings of Pentecostal worship services in the mountains of Kentucky and Virginia accompanied by a nearly-40-minute fiery sermon entitled

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