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Tarfumes.com - 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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List Price: $16.95
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Manufacturer: Anchor
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 975.8123
EAN: 9780385073530
ISBN: 0385073534
Label: Anchor
Manufacturer: Anchor
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: 1972-02-17
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date: 1972-02-17
Studio: Anchor
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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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Summary: Great to read this again
Comment: I first read the Foxfire books about 25-30 years ago, picked this one up again and found that I enjoyed it even more as an adult. Reading about the skills that were a daily part of life, things that are lost in today's hectic modern day lifestyle in the city. It may not have seemed simpler to the folks that lived it, but sure seems like a simpler life to me.
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Summary: Sure Fire Reference
Comment: Eliot Wigginton made his students immortal when he sent them into the southern mountains to interview and record the skills and crafts of the region.
This is the first one of a fantastic series that serves as a standard reference for mountain culture. If you are a writer that has any intention of either historical--frontier descriptions or including characters from the region this entire series should be on your shelf or in the local library. Reading them will give flavor to your work.
As a reader you can check to see if the hog killing scene from COLD MOUNTAIN is authentic. This is just one example, there are thousands of others.
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Summary: I love the whole series!
Comment: 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!
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Summary: Foxfire collection
Comment: Nostalgia in its purest form....knowing how my Grandma and Grandpa handled life. Foxfire books are great.
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Summary: old time knowledge
Comment: 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.
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