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Educational without being boring series that preserves the "old ways". "I think right now the audience is mostly Southern," says TJ Smith, executive director of the The magazine project still continues in regional schools, and the Fund's board is made up of But even in a modern world where most things can be purchased pre-made, the skills outlined in Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Founded in 1966, FOXFIRE is a nonprofit education organization.

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So far, I have books 1-7 of the collection. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. The dealers from whom I ordered shipped promptly and the book was just as described. "FOXFIRE STORY: ORAL TRADITION IN SOUTHERN APPALACHIA" by Foxfire Fund Inc., edited by T.J. Smith (Anchor Books, 336 pages, $20). From DC & Neil Gaiman, The Sandman arises only on Audible. Please try again This book has pretty hard-core skills instruction, with lots of illustrations. The Foxfire Book: 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 I read many of the Foxfire series in my 20's as my aunt had a huge collection and now that I am 60 years old, I still find them fascinating. It did as expected.

I highly recommend these books to you. They even use the vernacular of the old time Kentucky mountain people. Courtesy of The Foxfire Fund, Inc. This is the original survival manual! Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations 4 / 5. THIS STARTED YEARS AGO AS A SCHOOL PROJECT AND HAS BECOME A SERIES OF BEST SELLERS...THIS IS HOW IT WAS DONE BACK IN THE DAY EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED IN "PREPPING " THIS IS A FACINATING BOOK THAT DESERVES ATTENTION Making charcuterie in-house has become a selling point for restaurants; Despite the series' esteemed reputation among its readers, there has been a lull in interest over the years.

The Foxfire series is so varied and interesting that anyone could find some of the topics, if not all of them, educational and intriguing. Please try your request again later.

Interspersed are stories of the old mountain people and ways. Margaret Norton, who is prominently featured in the first Margaret Norton, who is prominently featured in the first Although foraging and using imperfect vegetables and local food are popular concepts today, they've been a way of life for generations in many cultures. Foxfire 11: The Old Home Place, Wild Plant Uses, Preserving and Cooking Food, Hunting Stories, Fishing, More Affairs of Plain Living (Foxfire Series) A keeper. Read it in mid school and am enjoying it again at +50 You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition.Something went wrong. Now that I am an old retired person and actually have the time and means of homesteading, I wanted my old friend and reference book back. Courtesy of The Foxfire Fund, Inc. 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. Foxfire 3: Animal Care, Banjos and Dulcimers, Hide Tanning, Summer and Fall Wild Plant Foods, Butter Churns, Ginseng, and Still More Affairs of Plain Living If you like Foxfire 1996 Movie. To me, it's more than a "how to" manual, it's a link to the past. While reading the books, I tell him stories about the history of his family as well as the farm which is still in our family today (although, sadly, no one lives there or farms it anymore). Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. If you like Foxfire you might like similar movies Pretty Persuasion, The Doom Generation, Prozac Nation, The Runaways, Fire And Ice... Log In More to explore. A Complete Foxfire Series 14-Book Collection Set with Anniversary Editions (Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 plus 40th and 45th Anniversay Editions) Now my 18 year old son is presently hooked on the books and sometimes we read them out aloud together. Facebook Container. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Add to list Details. The Foxfire Book is full of the information and lore collected by the students of Rabun County, Georgia. Select your address 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." Make Offer - The Foxfire Books 25 Years Later Eliot Wigginton First Quarter Century Look Bac The FoxFire Book BOX SET Books 1,2 & 3 - Vintage, Anchor - Jim McWilliams $99.97 Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. In an image from the first Foxfire book, students in 1969 look on as Hobe Beasley, John Hopper and Hopper's wife suspend a hog for finishing the work of scalding and scraping.The 1,500-mile Appalachian Mountain range stretches so far that those on the northern and southern sides can't agree on what to call it: Appa-LAY-chia or Appa-LATCH-ia. Courtesy of The Foxfire Fund, Inc. If I could find these books in hardback, printed on better paper with better photographic prints, I would buy them the instant I saw them.

Courtesy of The Foxfire Fund, Inc. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. I wish I had the whole collection! The only negative thing I have to say about them is the poor quality of the binding and paper used to print them.

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