Rattlesnake Granny: Nancy Remembers Life in Old Thornton Gap, Inspired by True Stories.

Gardner, Stephanie S. 

Nancy Pullum isn't afraid to live on the mountainside by herself in 1800s Blue Ridge Virginia.  She has been catching rattlers and selling snake oil medicine since she was a girl.  But change comes to everyone:  How will Nancy and her Thornton Gap neighbors, John (a free Black man) and William Randolph Barbee (a famous sculptor) experience the American Civil War?

Inspired by true stories and the people of the Appalachian Mountains, this short historical fiction book will appeal to lovers of Shenandoah Valley history, fans of rural American folklife, and readers who enjoy feisty female heroines.

72 pages, self published, 2024.