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Funded! This project successfully raised its funding goal on April 28, 2011.

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      Creator G. Jason Head on January 14, 2012

      Any updates on the status of this project?

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      Creator stephanie bilodeau on May 1, 2011

      Congrats! So happy for you. Australia is eager to get your book. :)

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      Creator Wendi Sturgis on April 28, 2011

      Huge Congrats Hunter! We cant wait to see the end product!

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      Creator Lusitano_girl on April 24, 2011

      Congratulations :)

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      Creator Jesse Mathews on April 22, 2011

      Bobby nai!

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      Creator Leslye on April 5, 2011

      I learned of this project through a totally unrelated post on FB. I am a native of Southwest West Virginia, about 90 miles from Jolo. I remember people talking about snake handlers, but never attended. My Dad was a merchant and told once of a gentleman who came to his store and showed him where he had been bitten in church by a snake. Through your researcy you may have become famaliar with a book called "Salvation on Sand Mountain". I read it several years ago. It's about a journalist who travels to Georgia for a story on snake handling churches and gets caught up in it himself. Very interesting read. You may want to contact the Association for Appalachian Studies @ Appalachianstudies.org. I don't know if they provide funding for projects such as this. The association is headquartered @ Marshall University in Huntington, WV (my alma mater). Over the past couple of years, I have found myself becoming more interested in Appalachian Culture. I'm going to pledge to help back this project. I really look forward to seeing your project come to light. Also, please feel free to contact me for any Appalachia insight. It's quite interesting.

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      Creator dana bowen on March 31, 2011

      Love, Love, Love my photo of "Jeff"...can't wait to view to new project!

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      Creator David Hemphil on March 31, 2011

      Get down Hunter! This is incredible, super excited to see the book!

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      Creator Song Chong on March 31, 2011

      Great Work Hunter! I'm excited to see how this develops!

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      Creator Mike Lyon on March 31, 2011

      Awesome stuff Hunter! Can't wait to see the completed project!

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    A signed, limited edition 16"x20" silver gelatin print edition of 4 from A Testimony of Serpent Handling, hand printed by Hunter Barnes, as well as a private appointment with Hunter Barnes to review his body of work at Milk Studios NYC (transportation to NYC not included) plus full name recognition in the book.