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 / edited with an introduction by Eliot Wigginton.
Interviews and essays describe the way of life and crafts of pioneer America still surviving in the Appalachian region.
Record details
- ISBN: 0385073534
- ISBN: 9780385073530
- ISBN: 038507350X
- ISBN: 9780385073509
- Physical Description: 384 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: [1st edition].
- Publisher: Garden City, NY : Doubleday, 1972.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Includes index of people.Publisher, dates, and paging may vary.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- "This is the way I was raised up" -- Aunt Arie -- Wood -- Tools and skills -- Building a log cabin -- Chimney building -- White oak splits -- Making a hamper out of white oak splits -- Making a basket out of white oak splits -- An old chair maker shows how -- Rope, straw, and feathers are to sleep on -- A quilt is something human -- Soapmaking -- Cooking on a fireplace, dutch oven, and wood stove -- Daniel Manous -- Mountain recipes -- Preserving vegetables -- Preserving fruit -- Churning your own butter -- Slaughtering hogs -- Curing and smoking hog -- Recipes for hog -- Weather signs -- Planting by the signs -- The buzzard and the dog -- Home remedies -- Hunting -- Dressing and cooking wild animal foods -- Hunting tales -- Snake lore -- Moonshining as a fine art -- Faith healing -- Hillard Green.
- Target Audience Note:
- 1020L Lexile
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- Subject:
- Country life > Georgia.
Handicraft > Georgia.
Country life > Georgia > Juvenile literature.
Available copies
- 117 of 129 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 2 of 2 copies available at McDowell County Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 129 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Library | 975 FOX (Text) | 37810435808844 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Old Fort Branch Library | 917.58 FOX BK.1 (Text) | 37810435302970 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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| 250 | . | ‡a[1st edition]. | |
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| 300 | . | ‡a384 pages : ‡billustrations ; ‡c25 cm | |
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| 505 | 0 | . | ‡a"This is the way I was raised up" -- Aunt Arie -- Wood -- Tools and skills -- Building a log cabin -- Chimney building -- White oak splits -- Making a hamper out of white oak splits -- Making a basket out of white oak splits -- An old chair maker shows how -- Rope, straw, and feathers are to sleep on -- A quilt is something human -- Soapmaking -- Cooking on a fireplace, dutch oven, and wood stove -- Daniel Manous -- Mountain recipes -- Preserving vegetables -- Preserving fruit -- Churning your own butter -- Slaughtering hogs -- Curing and smoking hog -- Recipes for hog -- Weather signs -- Planting by the signs -- The buzzard and the dog -- Home remedies -- Hunting -- Dressing and cooking wild animal foods -- Hunting tales -- Snake lore -- Moonshining as a fine art -- Faith healing -- Hillard Green. |
| 520 | . | ‡aInterviews and essays describe the way of life and crafts of pioneer America still surviving in the Appalachian region. | |
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