Foxfire 2: Ghost Stores, Spring Wild Plant Foods, Spinning and Weaving, Midwifing, Burial Customs, Corn Shuckin's, Wagon Making

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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 22 de maig 1973 - 416 pàgines
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.

This second Foxfire volume includes topics such as ghost stories, spinning and weaving, wagon making, midwifing, corn shuckin', and more.
 

Continguts

Sourwood Honey
28
Spring Wild Plant Foods
47
Happy Dowdle
95
Making an Ox Yoke
112
Making a Tub Wheel
142
Making a Footpowered Lathe
164
How to Wash Clothes in an Iron Pot
256
Midwives and Granny Women
274
Oldtime Burials
304
Boogers Witches and Haints
324
Corn Shuckins House Raisins Quiltins
362
Kenny Runion
378
Appendix
393
Index of People
408
Copyright

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Sobre l'autor (1973)

Founded in 1966, FOXFIRE is a nonprofit education organization. Foxfire's learner-centered, community-based approach is advocated through The Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center and grounded in the Southern Appalachian culture that promotes a sense of place and appreciation of local people and culture as essential educational tools.

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