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The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by
the Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing, and Moonshining By Eliot WIGGINTON and his students, editors Interviews and essays describe the way of life and crafts of pioneer America still surviving in the Appalachian region. In the late 1960's, Eliot WIGGINTON and his students created the magazine Foxfire in an effort to record and preserve the traditional folk culture of the Southern Appalachians. 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." Paperback Published 1972 Anchor Books List Price |
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Foxfire Two: Ghost Stories, Spring Wild Plant Foods, Spinning and Weaving, Midwifing, Burial Customs,
Corn Shuckin's, Wagon Making and More Affairs of Plain Living.
By Eliot WIGGINTON and his students, editors This second Foxfire volume includes topics such as ghost stories, spinning and weaving, wagon making, midwifing, corn shuckin', and more. Interviews and essays describe the way of life and crafts of pioneer America still surviving in the Appalachian region. 410 Pages Paperback Published 1973 Doubleday List Price |
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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
By Eliot WIGGINTON, editor Interviews and essays describe the way of life and crafts of pioneer America still surviving in the Appalachian region. Volume 3 of this series covers animal care, banjos and dulcimers, wild plant foods, butter churns, ginseng and more. 511 Pages Paperback, Published 1975 Anchor Press List Price |
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Foxfire 4; Water Systems, Fiddle Making, Logging, Gardening, Sassafras Tea, Wood
Carving By Eliot WIGGINTON, editor Fiddle making, spring houses, horse trading, sassafras tea, berry buckets, gardening, and other affairs of plain living are the topics covered in this volume. 496 Pages Paperback Published 1977 Anchor Books List Price |
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Foxfire 5: Ironmaking, Blacksmithing, Bear Hunting, Flintlock Rifles and Other Affairs of Plain Living By Eliot WIGGINTON, editor The fifth Foxfire volume includes rain-making, blacksmithing, bear hunting, flintlock rifles, and more. Paperback Published 1979 Doubleday List Price |
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Foxfire 6; Shoemaking, Gourd Banjos, And Songbows, One Hundred Toys And
Games By Eliot WIGGINTON, editor A variety of articles taken from Foxfire magazine-includes the art of shoemaking, banjo and songbows, and other events in a region near the Appalachian Mountains. Volume 6 of the Foxfire series covers shoemaking, 100 toys and games, gourd banjos and song bows, wooden locks, a water-powered sawmill, and other fascinating topics. 507 Pages Paperback Published 1980 Doubleday List Price |
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Foxfire 7
By Eliot WIGGINTON, editor Appalachian art, culture, and religious heritage is included in this volume. The seventh Foxfire volume presents traditions of mountain religious heritage, covering ministers, revivals, baptisms, gospel-singing, faith healing, camp meetings, snake handling, and more. 510 Pages Paperback Published 1982 Doubleday List Price |
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Foxfire 8 By Eliot WIGGINTON, editor Life and customs of the Appalachian region of the South are described. Southern folk pottery from pug mills, ash glazes, and groundhog kilns to face jugs, churns and roosters; mule swapping, chicken fighting, and more are included in this eighth volume. Paperback Published 1984 Anchor List Price |
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Foxfire 9:
General Stores, The Jud Newson Wagon, A Praying Rock, A Catawba Indian Potter — And Haint
Tales, Quilting, Home Cures, And Log Cabins Revisited By Eliot WIGGINTON, Margie BENNETT and their students, editors The newest entry in the Foxfire publishing phenomenon — which all totalled has sold over 7 million books to date — continues the bestselling tradition with an all-new collection of home-folk material that promotes a more self-sufficient way of life. Black-and-white photographs through out. 493 Pages Paperback Published 1986 Anchor Books List Price |
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Foxfire 10:
Railroad Lore, Boardinghouses, Depression-Era Appalachia, Chair Making, Whirligigs, Snake
Canes, And Gourd Art By George P. REYNOLDS, Susan WALKER, and Eliot WIGGINTON, editors The tenth volume in the Foxfire series covers a variety of new topics and includes the voices of heretofore untapped Appalachian citizens who present a vibrant picture of the American South in transition, from the turn of the century through the Depression years. Full of wit and wisdom — a celebration of what is basic to life. 150 photographs and line drawings. 486 Pages Paperback Published 1993 Anchor Books List Price |
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The Foxfire Book Of Appalachian Cookery By Linda Garland PAGE Paperback Published 1992 University of North Carolina Press List Price |
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A reader from Georgia, United States
(Appalachia!), August 24, 1998 says:
This book is incredible... MY ALL TIME FAVORITE COOKBOOK!
This book is filled to the brim (or shall I say binding!) with old-fashioned recipes,
fun facts and historical folklore. The authors interviewed many southern old-timers to
gather their material and their book is truly authentic. As a southerner myself, although
of a younger generation, I can attest to the validity and authenticity of its contents,
and I find the book refreshing, entertaining and useful. I highly recommend this
book to anyone interested in southern cooking, folklore and/or food history!
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The Foxfire Book Of Appalachian Toys & Games By Linda Garland PAGE and Hilton SMITH, editors 204 Pages Paperback Published 1993 University of North Carolina Press List Price |
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A Foxfire Christmas; Appalachian Memories And Traditions By Eliot WIGGINTON This captivating book of recollections celebrates the holiday traditions of Appalachian families as passed from one generation to the next. Based on Foxfire students' interviews with neighbors and family members, the memories shared are from a simpler time, when gifts were fewer but perhaps more precious, and holiday tables were laden with traditional favorites. Includes instructions for recreating many of the ornaments, toys, and recipes that make up so many family traditions, from Chicken and Dumplings to Black Walnut Cake, and from candy pulls to corn husk dolls and hand-whittled toy cars. 28 illustrations. Paperback Published 1996 University of North Carolina Press List Price A Satisfied Customer Comments: Outstanding! This book along with the nine preceding this one, should be required reading for anyone interested in the day to day living of early days in the south. |
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The Encyclopedia of
Country Living By Carla EMERY No home is complete without this one-of-a-kind encyclopedia! For twenty years people have relied on the hundreds of recipes, instructions, and invaluable practical advice in this definitive classic on food, gardening and self-sufficient living. Whether you're in the city, the country, or somewhere in between, you'll find The Encyclopedia of Country Living indispensable. Carla Emery started this ambitious reference project in 1969 as a complete guide to family food production and now, in its ninth edition, it has grown into an all-encompassing encyclopedia spanning everything from buying land to family farming to raising livestock to barn building to beekeeping to bread baking to making your own yogurt, plus a generous helping of suppliers, catalogers, books and magazines, and organizations. Hundreds of unique down-home recipes fill these pages, along with advice and instructions on all manner of food growing and preparation and a wealth of folk wisdom collected over the years from homesteaders that Carla has met or corresponded with. This book is an absolute gold mine of how-to, where-to information, whether you want to head for the hills or you just want to learn to live more self-sufficiently. 864 Pages Paperback, Published 1994 revised edition Sasquatch Books List Price |
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For twenty years people have relied on these hundreds of recipes, instructions, and morsels of invaluable practical advice on all aspects of growing and preparing food. This definitive classic on food, gardening, and self-sufficient living is a complete resource for living off the land with over 800 pages of collected wisdom from country maven, Carla Emery--how to cultivate a garden, buy land, bake bread, raise farm animals, make sausage, milk a goat, grow herbs, churn butter, catch a pig, make soap, work with bees and more. Encyclopedia of Country Living is so basic, so thorough, so reliable, it deserves a place in every home--whether in the country, the city, or somewhere in between.
Mother Earth News
Carla Emery is certifiably one of the craziest, warmest, (sometimes unintentionally) funniest, wisest, most lovable, and idealistic zanies now walking the face of the earth and we think this old world would be a lot better off if we had a few more people like her.
Organic Gardening
If you're dreaming about moving "back to the land" someday, or if you're already there and want to live more self-sufficiently (wherever you may be) you'll want a copy of the ninth edition of The Encyclopedia of Country Living...We think you're pretty swell, Carla.
Country Woman
Rural Life from A to Z is well covered in Carla Emery's Encyclopedia of Country Living...Carla taps into her rural roots to bring forth a bounty of folksy information.
From The WomanSource Catalog & Review: Tools for Carla Emery started this ambitious reference project in 1969 as a complete guide to family food production and now, in its ninth edition, it has grown into an all-encompassing encyclopedia spanning everything from buying land to family farming to raising livestock to barn building to beekeeping to bread baking to making your own yogurt, plus a generous helping of suppliers, catalogers, books and magazines, and organizations. Hundreds of unique down-home recipes fill these pages, along with advice and instructions on all manner of food growing and preparation and a wealth of folk wisdom collected over the years from homesteaders that Carla has met or corresponded with. This book is an absolute gold mine of how-to, where-to information, whether you want to head for the hills or you just want to learn to live more self-sufficiently.
From the garden or barnyard to the kitchen table, here is a comprehensive resource for step-by-step information about food production. Filled with more than 1,000 recipes, 700 mail-order sources, how-to instructions, and earthly wisdom gleaned from a lifetime of self-sufficient living, this thorough, reliable treasury should be in every home. Features 300 illustrations.
Midwest Book Review
No library is complete without this one-of-a-kind encyclopedia. There isn't a more complete source of step-by-step information about food production, from the garden or barnyard, all the way to the kitchen table. Filled with hundreds of recipes , detailed instructions, and wisdom gleaned from a multitude of readers, The Encyclopedia of Country Living is so basic, thorough, and reliable it deserves a place in every country life collection. With a wealth of practical information, anecdotes, recipes, and personal advice, readers will quickly become devoted fans of growing and processing every kind of food!
The author, Carla Emery CarlaEmery@aol.com, November 3, 1998:
Hi to My Readers from Carla!
What a privilege and joy it is to have authored a book read by more than 400,000 persons. For 25 years, I've collected information about family food production and related rural subjects. It feels good at this stage of my life to know that work was well done. My life is now a perpetual speaking tour, helping folks understand what's coming, "How to prepare for Y2K." (I hope for lecture invites also from overseas.) Everywhere I go, I meet old friends whom I've never personally met before. These folks have enjoyed and relied on the how-to-do-it information in the Encyclopedia of Country Living for years. Their beat-up old books tell a beautiful story of hard work and dedication.. Sometimes I've felt foolish for insisting on telling readers things like how to save seeds and how to grow their own feed for farm animals. At times, I've been scorned and berated for trying to keep oldtime skills alive. But as Y2K approaches, inexorably as the clock ticks, this information is becoming mainstream again. I love you, dear readers. You have been a beautiful thing in my life, too. God be with you in the coming years.
