| 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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Sales Rank: 8371
Category: Book
Author: Inc. Foxfire Fund
Publisher: Anchor
Studio: Anchor
Manufacturer: Anchor
Label: Anchor
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6.1 x 1
ISBN: 0385073534
Dewey Decimal Number: 975.8123
EAN: 9780385073530
ASIN: 0385073534
Publication Date: February 17, 1972
Release Date: February 17, 1972
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Product 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."
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 Sure Fire Reference June 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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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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 April 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 February 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.
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