The foxfire book

The foxfire book

by Bennett, Margie Cheek, Angie Collins, Kaye Carver Gillespie, Paul F. Hunter, Lacy Reynolds, George P. Walker, Susan Wigginton, Eliot

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"In 1966, in the Appalachian Mountains of Northeast Georgia, a teacher and his students founded a quarterly magazine that they named Foxfire, after a phosphorescent lichen. In 1972, several articles from the magazine were published in book form and the acclaimed Foxfire series was born ... the books continue to teach a philosophy of simplicity in living that is truly enduring in its appeal. Much more than "how to" books, the Foxfire series is a publishing phenomenon and a way of life, teaching …

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Title Statements

  • Full title :The foxfire book / edited with an introduction by Eliot Wigginton.

Summary

"In 1966, in the Appalachian Mountains of Northeast Georgia, a teacher and his students founded a quarterly magazine that they named Foxfire, after a phosphorescent lichen. In 1972, several articles from the magazine were published in book form and the acclaimed Foxfire series was born ... the books continue to teach a philosophy of simplicity in living that is truly enduring in its appeal. Much more than "how to" books, the Foxfire series is a publishing phenomenon and a way of life, teaching creative self-sufficiency, the art of natural remedies, home crafts, and other country folkways, fascinating to everyone interested in rediscovering the virtues of simple life"--Page 4 of cover.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:1972-

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Anchor Books
  • Place of Publication:New York
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:1972-

Notes

Editors for later volumes include Paul F. Gillespie, Margie Bennett, George P. Reynolds, Susan Walker, Kaye Carver Collins, Lacy Hunter, and Angie Cheek.

The Physical Object

  • Description:volumes : : illustrations, plates ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780385073530, 0385073534, 9780385022675, 0385022670, 9780385022729, 0385022727, 9780385120876, 0385120877, 9780385143080, 0385143087, 9780385152723, 0385152728, 9780385152440, 0385152442, 9780385177412, 0385177410, 9780385177443, 0385177445, 9780385422765, 0385422768, 9780385494618, 0385494610, 9781400032617, 140003261X
  • oclc:ocn896338206
  • LC Classification:S521.5.G4
  • Dewey Decimal:975.8/123

Table of Contents

Volume 1: Hog dressing ; log cabin building ; mountain crafts and foods ; planting by the signs ; snake lore, hunting tales, faith healing ; moonshining ; and other affairs of plain living.

Volume 4: Fiddle making, springhouses, horse trading, sassafras tea, berry buckets, gardening, and further affairs of plain living / edited with an introduction by Eliot Wigginton ; afterword by Richard M. Dorson.

Volume 8: Southern folk pottery from pug mills, ash glazes, and groundhog kilns to face jugs, churns, and roosters ; mule swapping and chicken fighting.

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Subjects

Artisanat -- États-Unis Artisanat -- Géorgie (État) Country life Country life -- Georgia Country life -- United States États-Unis -- Mœurs et coutumes Folklore Folklore -- États-Unis Folklore -- Georgia Folklore -- Géorgie (État) Folklore -- United States Georgia Georgia -- Social life and customs Handicraft Handicraft -- Georgia Handicraft -- United States Manners and customs Outdoor life Outdoor life -- Georgia Outdoor life -- United States

Writers

Bennett, Margie Cheek, Angie Collins, Kaye Carver Gillespie, Paul F. Hunter, Lacy Reynolds, George P. Walker, Susan Wigginton, Eliot

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