The Foxfire Book (The Foxfire Series #1)
NY: Anchor / Doubleday, 1972. 1st Edition. Paperback. 6"x8.25". 384 pp. 50th printing. Cover design by Catherine Hopkins. Cover photo courtesy of The Foxfire Fund, Inc. Spine slight slant, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Minimal edge and shelf wear. USED GIFT QUALITY. Collectible - Near Fine. Item #13527
ISBN: 9780385073530
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, foods, planting by the signs, snake lore, hunting tales, faith healing, moonshining and "other affairs of plain living."
Price: $50.00