Serpent on the Cross

About This Book . . .
Virgil Hawkins gave up a 17-year Army career in 1976 to return to his East Tennessee homestead to run the family farm, a promise he made to his dying father. Hawkins becomes involved with a rural church which practices snake handling as part of its belief system. Hawkins eventually becomes the church pastor and continues the snake handling practices, much to the chagrin of his teenage son, Jimbo, who finds himself in total disagreement with his father’s religious belief...