Foxfire Book Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing, Moon

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With more than eight million copies of Foxfire books in print, this very first volume in the series offers a wealth of the kind of folk wisdom and values of simple living that have made these books beloved bestsellers for the last three decades. 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. More than 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, handicrafts, and other country folkways, fascinating to everyone interested in rediscovering the virtues of simple living. This first volume celebrates the home life and creative history of Appalachia, including sections on making butter, preserving foods, soap making, basket weaving, and building a log cabin, as well as a variety of the kind of spirited firsthand narrative accounts from Appalachian community members that exemplify the Foxfire style.