Silver John: The Old Gods Waken Lib/E (Audiobook)

from NinieB

The Old Gods Waken is the first of the five novels Manly Wade Wellman wrote about John the Balladeer, also known as Silver John. John is a wandering folk singer and guitar-player (the guitar has silver strings) in Southern Appalachia. He also featured in a number of short stories over the years. ...

from Dead_Dreamer

This is the first of 5 "Silver John" books, plus a short story collection. What attracted me to this series is that it's LOADED with folklore, folk-magick, and backwoods legends -- real ones from the hills, not just made up ones. Wellman was a folklorist, so nearly all the folktales, superstition...

from dreplogle

Re-reading. I've always loved this character: Simple, honest, hardworking, intelligent man roaming the hills of Appalachia, interacting with it's people and their music; and with just a touch of mystery & magic.

from Aspenhugger

"In the wilds of Southern Appalachia lies Wolter Mountain -- a sacred place for the Indians and for their predecessors. But the land atop the mountain, taken over by two Englishmen, Brummitt and Hooper Voth, is undergoing frightening changes. "Strange and evil rumblings begin to happen around the...

from Aspenhugger

"In the wilds of Southern Appalachia lies Wolter Mountain -- a sacred place for the Indians and for their predecessors. But the land atop the mountain, taken over by two Englishmen, Brummitt and Hooper Voth, is undergoing frightening changes. "Strange and evil rumblings begin to happen around the...