Rattlesnake Granny Books

Historical Fiction Novellas of the Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah Valley

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I grew up in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina and have strong family roots in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. I currently live in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. I am an independent writer and also work as an archivist, librarian and curator.

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  • The World of Rattlesnake Granny

    My Rattlesnake Granny Books are set in a small part of Thornton Gap, Virginia, after the American Civil War. The area where the book takes place is at the border of Page and Rappahannock Counties. The towns of Luray and Sperryville are nearby. The narrator and protagonist is a mountaineer woman who I read about…

  • Historical Fiction Novellas Rooted in True Stories and Folklore

    by Stephanie S. Gardner Rattlesnake Granny Books Contact me at: junktime2000@yahoo.com 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,…