The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing, Moonshining |  | Author: Inc. Foxfire Fund
Creator: Eliot Wigginton
Publisher: Anchor
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Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 2680
Media: Paperback
Edition: Later Printing
Pages: 384
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 5.9 x 0.9
ISBN: 0385073534
Dewey Decimal Number: 975.8123
EAN: 9780385073530
ASIN: 0385073534
Publication Date: February 17, 1972
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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."
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Remember, don't give up your history........ October 15, 2009
A. B. COLE (USA)
It could all change. How you live, how much you provide for yourself. Whether or not you can build your own shelter, feed and clothe your family, and tend to simple health remedies. You don't have to reinvent the wheel. It is already turning. Read about those who spoked it. Relearn their lessons and your own historical heritage.
Maybe 2012 is just a Mayan myth. Maybe it's not. Take a look at the world without WalMart, or cities, or a stock market.
Still Reading August 5, 2009
Paul D. Griffin (Sherman, TX)
Strongly recommend the series for the person that is interested in how things were done in the goold old days.
 Excellent resource for Appalachian mountain culture April 13, 2009
K. Reeves (Atlanta, GA USA)
The unique perspective of this book is that it is all told through the eyes of those who lived it. I enjoy reading non-fiction that provides first hand accounts. I did not seek out to learn about Appalachian mountain culture (though I did), but was rather fascinated by how the survival techniques, social activities,and spiritual way of life held true in more primitive times and to some degree, still today.
foxfire books 1,2,3,and4 February 16, 2009
Mark A. Current (missouri (central))
we have been entering a frienzy of "green" and alternate energy. these are the original surival guides. mother earth news has brought us a long way as well as home power magazine and backwoods home but you can't appriciate how "modern" they are by comparison. back to the future,ney forward to the past to surive and thrive in a troubled world.
Foxfire Series January 25, 2009
Elizabeth A. Swope (Central Kentucky)
Very nice book. I bought it for my mom for Christmas, and she likes it's a lot.
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