by Dot Moore (Author), Katie LaMar Smith (With)
Winner of the Lilla M. Hawes Award for Best Local Georgia History
Mayhayley Lancaster was many things through her interesting life: lawyer, schoolteacher, political activist, fortune teller, numbers runner, and self-proclaimed "oracle of the ages." In this new volume of creative nonfiction, the people who knew her reflect on her personality, her politics, and her passions, offering the reader a chance to delve fully into Mayhayley lore and legend. Oracle offers strange and often hilarious stories of the poor Georgia South in the post-Depression era, and how the eccentric Mayhayley's charisma and mysterious powers cast a spell on all the people who knew--and inevitably misunderstood--her.Author Biography
Dot Moore (Author)
DOT MOORE grew up in Heard County, Georgia. She is a retired educator and political activist, and lives in Montgomery, Alabama.
Katie Lamar Smith is a writer, editor, and photographer who lives in Auburn, Alabama.
Number of Pages: 162
Dimensions: 0.35 x 9.25 x 7.5 IN
Publication Date: May 01, 2007