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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, Moonsh Paperback - 1972
by Foxfire Fund Inc; Eliot Wigginton (Editor)
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First published in 1972, The Foxfire Book was a surprise bestseller that brought Appalachia’s philosophy of simple living to hundreds of thousands of readers. Whether you wanted to hunt game, bake the old-fashioned way, or learn the art of successful moonshining, The Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center had a contact who could teach you how with clear, step-by-step instructions.
This classic debut volume of the acclaimed series covers a diverse array of crafts and practical skills, including log cabin building, hog dressing, basketmaking, cooking, fencemaking, crop planting, hunting, and moonshining, as well as a look at the history of local traditions like snake lore and faith healing.
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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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- Title The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing, Moonsh
- Author Foxfire Fund Inc; Eliot Wigginton (Editor)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Later Printing
- Pages 384
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Vintage, New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Publication date 1972-02-17
- Features Index
- ISBN 9780385073530 / 0385073534
- Weight 1.18 lbs (0.54 kg)
- Dimensions 9.07 x 6.24 x 1.01 in (23.04 x 15.85 x 2.57 cm)
- Reading level 1020
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- Cultural Region: Southeast U.S.
- Theometrics: Secular
- Category Nature
- Library of Congress subjects Handicraft, Country life
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 70163087
- Dewey Decimal Code 975.8
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- Library Journal, 07/01/2012, Page 43
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