Foxfire 9
Published on 24. November 2010
512 pages
978-0-307-75737-1 (ISBN)
Description
First published in 1972, The Foxfire Book was a surprise bestseller that brought Appalachia's philosophy of simple living to hundreds of thousands of readers. Whether you wanted to hunt game, bake the old-fashioned way, or learn the art of successful moonshining, The Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center had a contact who could teach you how with clear, step-by-step instructions.
The ninth volume of the series includes information about general stores, the Jud Nelson wagon, a praying rock, a Catawban Indian potter, "haint" tales, quilting, home cures, and more on the log cabin.
The ninth volume of the series includes information about general stores, the Jud Nelson wagon, a praying rock, a Catawban Indian potter, "haint" tales, quilting, home cures, and more on the log cabin.
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Foxfire Fund, Inc. | Eliot Wigginton
Foxfire 9
General Stores, The Jud Nelson Wagon, A Praying Rock, A Catawban Indian Potter, Haint Tales, Quilting, Homes Cures, The Log Cabin Revisited
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09/1986
Alfred A. Knopf
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The Foxfire Fund is a nonprofit organization that has been preserving and fostering Appalachian culture through its bestselling series of anthologies, starting with The Foxfire Book in the early 1970s. The Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center is located in Mountain City, Georgia. www.foxfire.org
Eliot Wigginton is an American oral historian and teacher who developed the Foxfire Project. In the 1960s he began a writing project with his students at Rabun Gap Nacoochee School that collected stories from local residents in Rabun County, Georgia, in southern Appalachia. By 1967, these stories were being published as a quarterly magazine called Foxfire, which gained a national following for its chronicling of rural life in Appalachia and other local histories. The first anthology of Foxfire articles was published in 1972. Wigginton was named Georgia Teacher of the Year in 1986 and received a MacArthur Fellowship in 1989.
Eliot Wigginton is an American oral historian and teacher who developed the Foxfire Project. In the 1960s he began a writing project with his students at Rabun Gap Nacoochee School that collected stories from local residents in Rabun County, Georgia, in southern Appalachia. By 1967, these stories were being published as a quarterly magazine called Foxfire, which gained a national following for its chronicling of rural life in Appalachia and other local histories. The first anthology of Foxfire articles was published in 1972. Wigginton was named Georgia Teacher of the Year in 1986 and received a MacArthur Fellowship in 1989.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- About the Author
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 - Foxfire-What is It?
- Mushrooms That Glow
- Clyde Hollifield
- Chapter 2 - Remedies, Herb Doctors and Healers
- Flora Youngblood
- Remedies
- Doc Brabson
- Chapter 3 - The General Store
- The Fort Hembree Store and Tannery
- The Patton D. Queen Store
- Martha and Ed Roane's Store
- Roy Roberts
- Earl Gillespie's Produce Market
- Chapter 4 - "Quilting-The Joy of my Life": Aunt Arie Carpenter
- Crazy Quilts
- Chapter 5 - Nola Campbell: Catawba Indian Potter
- Chapter 6 - The Jud Nelson Wagon
- Chapter 7 - Two Men of God
- The Praying Rock
- Watchman on the Wall
- Chapter 8 - "Life Is Good": -D. B. Dayton
- Chapter 9 - Haint Tales and Other Scary Stories
- Panther Tales
- Mad Dogs, Eagles, and Other Animal Tales
- Haint Tales
- Witch Tales
- Chapter 10 - A Second Look at the Log Cabin
- The Rothell House
- Puncheon Floors
- Carlton Nichols Makes a Maul
- How To Make a Broadax Handle
- Chapter 11 - Carolyn Stradley: "The Worst Feeling was Being Alone, Never Really Feeling Like I Belonged."
- Editorial Contributors
- Students
- Contacts
- Copyright
