The Foxfire Book

by Wigginton, Eliot

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

The "Foxfire" books began as a student-produced magazine in 1966 that contains stories and interviews from elders in their rural Southern Appalachian community.  The books are anthology collections of material from The Foxfire Magazine, edited and published by Eliot Wigginton.

 

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1972
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9780385073530
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Garden City, New York: Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1972. First Edition Later Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine. This classic volume was the first in the series of Foxfire books from the original wave of the environmental movement in the 1970s, aimed at fostering sustainable living in harmony with nature. Lavishly illustrated with diagrams & black-and-white photos throughout the 384… Read more about this item
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Hardcover. 384 pp. Anchor / Doubleday, New York (1972). First Edition. Seventh Printing per Number Line. Bright, square, clean, unmarked copy appears mostly unread. Straight and square cloth boards and corners. Lightly softened spine ends. Price-clipped DJ has light chipping at spine ends. F/NF. More photos on request. Shipped in a box within a box, in bubble wrap, with a… Read more about this item
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Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1972. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/VG-. Hard-to-find hardcover version with its original DJ of this very first book in the series of Foxfire books from the original wave of the environmental movement in the 1970s, aimed at fostering sustainable living in harmony with nature. Lavishly illustrated with… Read more about this item
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THE FOXFIRE BOOK

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Anchor Books / Doubleday & Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1972. Paperback. E--Wear, rubbing, age toning to covers with some insect damage on spine, and top fore edge corners broken off. Book plate on inside of front cover. Name/notes on end pages. Age toning and foxing on end pages. Binding sound. Text clean of highlighting, underlining… Read more about this item
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THE FOXFIRE BOOK

by Eliot Wigginton

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New York: Anchor Books. 1972. First Edition; Fifth Printing. Softcover. Very Good+ in wraps. Light toning on front panel. .
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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

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Garden City NY: Anchor Books, 1972. Later Printing. Paperback. Very Good. b/w Illustration & Folding Charts. 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" tall.
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by Eliot Wigginton [Editor]

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1972
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New York: Doubleday, 1972. Early Printing. hardcover. Fine/Fine. 104x20x152. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Early Printing. Hardcover. Bound in beige publishers cloth. Cover is plain with title in brown lettering on spine. Interviews and essays describe the way of life and crafts of pioneer America still surviving in the Appalachian region. Numerous black and white photographs. 384pp.… Read more about this item
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New York, NY: Anchor Books, 1973. Trade paperback. Very good. Slight wear on outside spine, otherwise a clean copy./We ship twice daily.. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 384 p. Contains: Illustrations. Foxfire, 1. Audience: General/trade.
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FOXFIRE: 25 YEARS

by Wigginton, Eliot

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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

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Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1972. Octavo (24 x 16.5 cm.), 384 pages. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. The first of the series of twelve Foxfire Books (and a few related spinoffs), which grew out of the original Foxfire magazine, a project started in 1967 and produced by students in rural Georgia with the help of their teacher, Eliot… Read more about this item
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Foxfire Book

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Anchor Books, 1972. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Later Printing Of This Trade Paperback Edition. Includes Index Of People. White Pictorial Wraps With Black And White Lettering On The Spine. Only A Hint Of Wear.
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The Foxfire Book

by Eliot Wigginton

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1972
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Garden City: Doudleday, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket.. 8vo. 6" x 8.25." 348 pp. 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. Ê Ê Eliot Wigginton was working as a teacher in rural Georgia trying… Read more about this item
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The Foxfire Book

by Wigginton, Eliot, Ed.

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1972
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Garden City: Anchor Press, 1972. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Large Octavo. Dust jacket worn at top of spine with minor wear on extremities, still quite presentable within new Brodart sleeve..
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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

by Eliot Wigginton [Editor]

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The Foxfire Book

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1972
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New York: Anchor Books, 1972. Book. VG-. Soft cover. Later Printing. Large Octavo. The subtitle pretty much says it all: the book includes instructions and info on '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.' First book in the series. Soft corner… Read more about this item
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