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The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing, Moonshining
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Item Description...
Overview
Interviews and essays describe the way of life and crafts of pioneer America still surviving in the Appalachian region.
Publishers Description
In the late 1960s, Eliot Wigginton and his students created the magazine Foxfire in an effort to record and preserve the traditional folk culture of the Southern Appalachians. This is the original book compilation of Foxfire material which introduces Aunt Arie and her contemporaries and includes log cabin building, hog dressing, snake lore, mountain crafts and food, and "other affairs of plain living." |
Item Specifications...
Pages 384
Dimensions: Length: 1" Width: 6.25" Height: 9.25"
Weight: 1.15 lbs.
Binding Softcover
Release Date Feb 17, 1972
Publisher Anchor
ISBN 0385073534
EAN 9780385073530
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Availability 114 units.
Availability accurate as of May 26, 2012 02:39.
Usually ships within one to two business days from Commerce GA.
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Reviews - What do our customers think?
 | I love the whole series! May 22, 2008 |
| I am from the Appalachian mountains. I am collecting these books to hand down to my kids. This is definately the perfect way to preserve your roots. I HIGHLY reccomend the whole series. Don't let the old ways die! | | | | Foxfire collection May 8, 2008 |
| Nostalgia in its purest form....knowing how my Grandma and Grandpa handled life. Foxfire books are great. | | | | old time knowledge Apr 18, 2008 |
This is a book invaluable information and stories from America past. Part folklore part instruction, this book is one of many in the series that enlightens us about the basics of subsistence we might all do well to know.
All the Foxfire books should be used as texts in a school setting. | | |  | Foxfire book I Feb 24, 2008 |
| Since I ordered this book, we have really enjoyed reading all the information about dressing a hog even to the folk remedies. If this is of interest to you, then you will want this book. Although, we have butchered hogs in the past, this book has plenty of information for a beginner. | | | | Reliving the Past Sep 4, 2007 |
| If you are interested in learning how our forefathers lived without the modern day conveniences that we enjoy today, this book is a must read. You will learn how they survived without much income and you could learn something beneficial that you never knew. | | | Write your own review about The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing, Moonshining
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