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Foxfire 8

Name: Foxfire 8
Author: Foxfire Fund, Inc.
ISBN: 9780385177412

by Foxfire Fund, Inc., Eliot Wigginton

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Overview

In 1966, in the Appalachian Mountains of Northeast Georgia, a teacher and his students founded a quarterly magazine that they named Foxfire, after a phosphorescent lichen. In 1972, several articles from the magazine were published in book form and the acclaimed Foxfire series was born. Some thirty years later, the books continue to teach a philosophy of simplicity in living that is truly enduring in its appeal. Much more than "how to" books, the Foxfire series is a publishing phenomenon and a way of life, teaching creative self-sufficiency, the art of natural remedies, home crafts, and other country folkways, fascinating to everyone interested in rediscovering the virtues of simple living. This eighth volume celebrates the artistic and skillful heritage of Appalachia, and includes sections on Southern folk pottery (from glazed snake jars to swirlware to flowerpots); chicken fighting, breeding, and conditioning; as well as a variety of the kind of spirited firsthand narrative accounts from Appalachian community members that exemplify the Foxfire style.

Southern folk pottery, mule swapping, chicken fighting, and more are included in this eighth volume.

Synopsis

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.