FOXFIRE 10 (Foxfire) |  | Author: George P. Reynolds Publisher: Doubleday Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4 reviews Sales Rank: 1331775
Media: Hardcover Edition: 1 Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 486 Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2 Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 6.4 x 1.5
ISBN: 0385469101 Dewey Decimal Number: 975.8123 EAN: 9780385469104 ASIN: 0385469101
Publication Date: March 1, 1993 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Shipping: Expedited shipping available Shipping: International shipping available Condition: EX-LIBRARY; used item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned for refund. Buy with confidence - your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics!
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One of My Alltime Favorites December 26, 2007 I have been collecting and reading the Foxfire series for several years now and I consider them as some of the best reading that I have found.I think that they are a direct link to our mountain heritage as well as American history. I have learned many skills and lost arts from these books and I would highly recommend them to anyone who has such interests.
An old 'hillbilly's' opinion October 17, 2007 It's a great deal of fun to read about the historical needs and solutions of the Appalachian people that applies as well to my own history. There are great reminders of a simpler and maybe happier life.
WONDERFUL REFERENCE BOOK AND INTERESTING READ August 19, 2007 3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The Foxfire books are a wonderful thing and we are so lucky to have them. Many of the ways, crafts, planting lore, animal lore, and as the book says "affairs of plain living" are preserved here. This particular volume includes oral histories of the Great Depression, CCC Camps and their impact on the local areaa and ecomomy, folk art, chair makeing, and of special interest to me, gourd art. This is a wonderful recording of life the way it was and probably never will be again. The book is quite well written and has faithfully recorded even the dialect of these wonderful people, from which so many of us sprung. That is a big part of the charm of these works. This book includes actual interviews with folks from that region of the country which I am sure are long dead now. Their knowledge would be completely lost without works such as this. Another generation or two and it will all be completely gone. This book will cetainly be of great interest to those, like me, who are interested in the depression era and in the CCC in particular. Thank goodness we have recordings such as this. Recommend this one highly.
Very historic and enjoyable January 16, 2007 2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Both my husband and I enjoyed this book. He is from W.N.C. and enjoyed reading about areas near where he grew up. I liked it also, having lived there for four years.
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