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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; moonshining; and other affairs of plain living.

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

"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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