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 introd. by Eliot Wigginton.

Other author Wigginton, Eliot editor.
Format Book
Edition[1st ed.].
Publication InfoGarden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1972.
Description384 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents "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.
Abstract Interviews and essays describe the way of life and crafts of pioneer America still surviving in the Appalachian region.
Other title Foxfire.
LCCN 70163087
ISBN038507350X
ISBN9780385073509

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner NC Stacks S521.5.G4 F6 1972 ✔ Available Place Hold