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9 reviews
Inc. Foxfire Fund

Anchor, 1973

BOOK(S) WITH A WONDERFUL PURPOSE.
THis work, Volume II, is like the others. A wonderful history of how it was. In this day and age of having most needs meet and something for everyone on the Wal-mart shelf, we tend to forget just what it was like in our not too distant past. These books, the Foxfire books, brings to light skills, attitudes and a way of life that is all but forgotten. This is a good thing. When a people lose ...

Foxfire 5 (Foxfire)

7 reviews
Inc. Foxfire Fund, Eliot Wigginton

Anchor, 1979

As always, a pleasure to read and apply
One of our nation's treasures is being lost one person at a time, and because of Eliot Wigginton, at least some of the treasure is being documented. The people of Appalachia have been marginalized and treated as backwoods hicks and hillbillies, only because of their poverty. That is what makes the richness of their culture all the more amazing. These people live on what an average family ...

Foxfire 7 (Foxfire)

3 reviews
Inc. Foxfire Fund

Anchor, 1982

Best Book About Religion in the South
In my opinion, this is the best popular culture book ever written about the importance of religion in the South. Whether you're a Southerner by birth, a researcher, or just curious, you'll find something of interest here. I was born and raised in southern Virginia, and raised a Baptist, and the entire book rings true to what I saw and felt as I was growing up. But more than that, I was ...

The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake ...

28 reviews
Inc. Foxfire Fund

Anchor, 1972

Sure Fire Reference
Eliot Wigginton made his students immortal when he sent them into the southern mountains to interview and record the skills and crafts of the region. This is the first one of a fantastic series that serves as a standard reference for mountain culture. If you are a writer that has any intention of either historical--frontier descriptions or including characters from the region this entire series ...

Foxfire 3 (Foxfire)

5 reviews
Inc. Foxfire Fund

Anchor, 1975

WE OWE THESE PEOPLE A LOT
I own, read and use almost all of the Foxfire books. Actually, we owe both the Foxfire people and we certainly owe the characters of a gone generation. This work, Volume III, is like the others. A wonderful history of how it was. In this day and age of having most needs meet and something for everyone on the Wal-mart shelf, we tend to forget just what it was like in our not too distant past. ...

Foxfire 4 (Foxfire)

3 reviews
Inc. Foxfire Fund

Anchor, 1977

We owe so much for the preservation of our culture.
Being a native of rural Appalachia, we owe so much to Mr. Wiggington for the preservation of our culture. No other, in my knowledge has done so much. The entire seires of Foxfire books is a tribute to the plain, industrious, pragmatic, proud mountain ways that I so fondly recall from my childhood. Whether you are doing research, or simply trying to remember how granddaddy did it, these ...

Foxfire 9 (Foxfire)

2 reviews
Inc. Foxfire Fund

Anchor, 1986

Outstanding
The entire Fox Fire colledtion should be required reading for all people of this country. You would get a feel for where we came from and our heritage. The books show a deep respect for each other, God and country. Very good.

Foxfire 6 (Foxfire)

6 reviews
Inc. Foxfire Fund

Anchor, 1980

perfect
shipped within 3 days, packaged very well, product as expected, and I would buy from again.

Foxfire 11 (Foxfire)

2 reviews
Inc. Foxfire Fund

Anchor, 1999

editing
Enough with the editing and correcting the language usage of these wonderful people...why take away from their culture and natural use of language...why should I read about mountain people when their speech patterns are corrected?...I might as well read any old book about growing apples anywhere...give me back the language of Foxfire 1.

Foxfire 10 (Foxfire)

4 reviews
Inc. Foxfire Fund

Anchor, 1993

WONDERFUL REFERENCE BOOK AND INTERESTING READ
The Foxfire books are a wonderful thing and we are so lucky to have them. Many of the ways, crafts, planting lore, animal lore, and as the book says "affairs of plain living" are preserved here. This particular volume includes oral histories of the Great Depression, CCC Camps and their impact on the local areaa and ecomomy, folk art, chair makeing, and of special interest to me, gourd art. This ...

Foxfire 4 (Foxfire)
Inc. Foxfire Fund; Editor-Eliot Wigginton

Anchor, 1977

The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake ...
Inc. Foxfire Fund; Editor-Eliot Wigginton

Anchor, aq-36, 1972

Foxfire 2: Ghost Stories, Spring Wild Plant Foods, Spinning and Weaving, Midwifing, Burial Customs, Corn ...
Inc. Foxfire Fund; Editor-Eliot Wigginton

Anchor, 1973

Foxfire 12 (Foxfire)

3 reviews
Inc. Foxfire Fund

Anchor, 2004

ONE OF THE BETTER FOXFIRE OFFERINGS.
To start, pay no attention to Publisher's Weekly when the whine about the repeativeness of the Foxfire books. The reviewer obviously has not read all the books. I own, read and use almost all of the Foxfire books. Actually, we owe both the Foxfire people and we certainly owe the characters of a gone generation. This work, Volume 12, is indeed like the others. That is a good thing! A wonderful ...

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