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Foxfire 9 : general stores, the Jud Nelson wagon, a praying rock, a Catawba Indian potter---and haint tales, quilting, home cures, and log cabins revisited Cover Image Book

Foxfire 9 : general stores, the Jud Nelson wagon, a praying rock, a Catawba Indian potter---and haint tales, quilting, home cures, and log cabins revisited

Wigginton, Eliot (author.). Wigginton, Eliot (editor.). Bennett, Margie (editor.).

Summary: 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. Whether you wanted to hunt game, bake the old-fashioned way, or learn the art of successful moonshining, The Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center had a contact who could teach you how with step-by-step instructions.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780606362313
  • ISBN: 0385177437
  • ISBN: 9780385177443
  • ISBN: 0385177445
  • Physical Description: xiv, 493 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
    print
  • Edition: First Anchor books edition.
  • Publisher: Garden City, N.Y. : Anchor Books, 1986.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Contains articles first published in Foxfire magazine"--title page verso.
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note: Foxfire - what is it -- Remedies, herb doctors and healers -- General store -- Quilting-joy of my life - Jud Nelson wagon -- Two men of God -- Life is good -- Haint tales and other scary stories -- Second look at the log cabin -- The worst feeling was being alone.

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Subject: Appalachian Region, Southern Social life and customs
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  • 68 of 72 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at McDowell County Public Library.

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Marion Library 975 FOX (Text) 37810435808885 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Old Fort Branch Library 917.58 FOX BK. 9 (Text) 37810435302939 Adult Nonfiction Available -
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