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.
Material type: TextPublication details: Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1972.Edition: [1st ed.]Description: 384 p. illus. 25 cmISBN:- 038507350X
- Foxfire.
- 975.8/123
- F291.2 .F6
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Vol info | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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NF | Chamberlin Free Public Library | Nonfiction | 975.8 FOX (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | F291.2 .F6 | 1 | Available | 34517000213663 |
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"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.
Interviews and essays describe the way of life and crafts of pioneer America still surviving in the Appalachian region.
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