With Forked Tongue : A Legend of Lake Murray

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Summary: Captivating story of an old legend of Lake Murray!!!!!
Review: I am resubmitting my review, as it seems to have been lost [probably do to a DUE (dumb user error) on my part}. I have reread this since my first reading was when it first came out, and I am thrilled to have autographed copies of both books. This is a hard book to put down - it grips you and even with my second reading, it still kept me going to late in the night, but well worth it to get it finished. Even though this is a different setting from her first, semi-autobigraphical, the reader will be kept interested and tantilized from beginning to end. Hopefully there will be another soon!!!!!

Rating:
Summary: Captivating story of an old legend of Lake Murray!!!!!
Review: I am resubmitting my review, as it seems to have been lost [probably do to a DUE (dumb user error) on my part}. I have reread this since my first reading was when it first came out, and I am thrilled to have autographed copies of both books. This is a hard book to put down - it grips you and even with my second reading, it still kept me going to late in the night, but well worth it to get it finished. Even though this is a different setting from her first, semi-autobigraphical, the reader will be kept interested and tantilized from beginning to end. Hopefully there will be another soon!!!!!

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Summary: The Truth about the Weberite Heresy is non-evident in this b
Review: In the late 1760s in Saxe Gotha (the Dutch Fork) of South Carolina a religious sect of the Brethren known as the Gifted Brethren developed under the auspices of Jacob Weber, a Switzer. The people in his community were not witches nor were they all mad. However, it is likely that Jacob Weber, leader of the Weberites, was mentally impaired. At his behest two good men in the community, Michael Hentz, & John George Schmidtpeter were murdered. Seven were tried. Four convicted. Weber was hanged. No historical records support that the Weberites practiced witchcraft or other serious acts of depravity. This story has been grossly exaggerated by folklorists and others through time -- much to the dismay of the descendants of the two good men who were brutally murdered. This new book continues in that same line of gross exaggeration and misrepresenting the historical record, through the use of horror fiction.

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Summary: Good Read: Beautifully Descriptive
Review: This is a spiritual story about a woman who is losing faith in herself, her husband and her friends. She finds hope by struggling to understand a legend of faith gone wrong. It is a powerful story as old as mankind, beautifully told, and skillfully woven. I would definitely not categorize it as horror.

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Summary: Not a horror story!
Review: This should not be cateogorized as horror... unless you consider John Milton's Paradise Lost a horror story or The Crucible a horror movie. This is a story about gaining the faith that evil can be turned to good. As the characters begin to understand the legend, they begin to believe in themselves and to understand how they can only recognize their greatest strenghtens by surviving events that test their faith.

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Summary: Beautiful story, full of folklore!
Review: What a wonderful blend of poetry, philosophy, and folklore! The descriptions of Lake Murray are so true you can almost see the purple martins and the fog lifting off the lake. The folklore of the Dutch Fork is enchanting: the tales of 'using' and white magic, herbal remedies, taufschein, and taking the dogs to church. Kate's conversations with Sam are funny and touching. I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves the lake and the Dutch Fork.