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Volume 3 of this series covers animal care, banjos and dulcimers, wild plant foods, butter churns, ginseng and more.
Volume 6 of the Foxfire series covers shoemaking, 100 toys and games, gourd banjos and song bows, wooden locks, a water-powered sawmill, and other fascinating topics.
Southern folk pottery from pug mills, ash glazes, and groundhog kilns to face jugs, churns and roosters; mule swapping, chicken fighting, and more are included in this eighth volume.
Fiddle making, spring houses, horse trading, sassafras tea, berry buckets, gardening, and other affairs of plain living are the topics covered in this volume.
The seventh Foxfire volume presents traditions of mountain religious heritage, covering ministers, revivals, baptisms, gospel-singing, faith healing, camp meetings, snake handling, and more.
In 1966, an English teacher and students in Northeast Georgia
founded a quarterly magazine, not only as a vehicle to learn the
required English curriculum, but also to teach others about the
customs, crafts, traditions, and lifestyle of their Appalachian
culture. Named "Foxfire" after a local phosphorescent lichen, the
magazine became one of the most beloved publications in American
culture.
For four decades, "Foxfire" has brought the philosophy of simple
living to readers, teaching creative self-sufficiency, home crafts,
and the art of natural remedies, and preserving the stories of
Appalachia. This anniversary edition brings us generations of
voices and lessons about the three essential Appalachian values of
faith, family, and the land. We listen to elders share their own
memories of how things used to be, and to the new generations eager
to preserve traditional values in a more complicated world. There
are descriptions of old church services, of popular Appalachian
games and pastimes, and of family recipes. Rich with memories and
useful lessons, this is a fitting tribute to this inspiring and
practical publication that has become a classic American
institution.
Foxfire highlights the twentieth year of the Foxfire high school program with a new volume as fascinating as its predecessors. Included are general stores, the Jud Nelson wagon, a praying rock, a Catawban Indian potter, haint tales, quilting, home cures, and the log cabin revisited.
For more than thirty years, Foxfire books have brought the
philosophy of simple living to hundreds of thousands of readers,
teaching creative-self-sufficiency, the art of natural remedies,
home crafts, and preserving the stories and customs of Appalachia.
Inspiring and practical, this classic series has become an American
institution.
Foxfire 12" "is the latest volume, the first in more than five
years. Here are reminiscences about learning to square dance and
tales about traditional craftsmen who created useful items in the
old-time ways that have since disappeared in most of the country.
Here are lessons on how to make rose beads and wooden coffins, and
on how to find turtles in your local pond. We hear the voices of
descendants of the Cherokees who lived in the region, and we learn
about what summer camp was like for generations of youngsters. We
meet a rich assortment of Appalachian characters and listen to
veterans recount their war experiences. Illustrated with
photographs and drawings, Foxfire 12" "is a rich trove of
information and stories from a fascinating American culture.
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."
For almost half a century, Foxfire has brought the philosophy of
simple living to hundreds of thousands of readers, teaching
creative self-sufficiency and preserving the stories, crafts, and
customs of Appalachia. Inspiring and practical, this classic series
has become an American institution.
"The Foxfire 45th Anniversary Book" continues the beloved tradition
of celebrating a simpler life, this time with a focus on
Appalachian music, folk legends, and a history full of outsized
personalities. We hear the encouraging life stories of banjo
players, gospel singers, and bluegrass musicians who reminisce
about their first time playing at the Grand Ole Opry; we shiver at
the spine-tingling collection of tall tales, from ghosts born of
long-ago crimes to rumors of giant catfish that lurk at the bottom
of lakes and quarries; we recollect the Farm Family Program that
sustained and educated Appalachian families for almost fifty years,
through the Depression and beyond; and we learn the time-honored
skills of those who came before, from building a sled to planting
azaleas and braiding a leather bull-whip. Full of spirited
narrative accounts and enduring knowledge, "The Foxfire 45th
Anniversary Book "is a piece of living history from a fascinating
American culture.
Chock full of the wit and wisdom that has become the Foxfire trademark, this entirely new volume in the acclaimed, 6-million-copy best-selling Foxfire series is on oral history of Appalachian lives and traditions, homespun crafts, and folk arts.
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