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The Foxfire Book
The Foxfire Book
Author: Eliot Wigginton (Editor)
Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing, Moonshining — 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 compil...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780385073530
ISBN-10: 0385073534
Publication Date: 2/17/1972
Pages: 384
Rating:
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
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4.2 stars, based on 34 ratings
Publisher: Anchor
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 17
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Helpful Score: 3
These books are wonderful! So much knowlege that would have been lost, is saved as the people who have lived it are interviewed. Gives you a real respect for the way people worked and lived in past generations.
sphinx avatar reviewed The Foxfire Book on + 97 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Lots of information and photographs of tools and techniques. Great resource for homesteaders and anyone who wants to learn self-sufficiency skills.

Be prepared to make your own judgements in some cases, since some of the "home remedies" can give you cancer (kerosene and turpentine for a sore throat? I think not!!).

Plenty of real old-time knowledge and wisdom here, though.
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