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Foxfire 4

by Eliot Wigginton · 1977

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This fourth volume celebrates the home life and creative heritage of Appalachia, featuring sections on fiddle making, springhouses, horse trading, sassafras tea, berry buckets, knife making, wood carving, logging, cheese making, and gardening.

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Table of Contents:

Etta and Charlie Ross Hartley

Knife Making

Wood Carving

Fiddle Making

Thomas Campbell, Plow-stock Maker

Wooden Sleds

Gardening

Bird Traps, Deadfalls, and Rabbit Boxes

Annie Perry

Horse Trading

Making Tar

Logging

Aunt Lola Cannon

Water Systems

Berry Buckets

Cheese Making

Rev. A. Rufus Morgan

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craftscraftsMore like thisLess of thisgardeninggardeningMore like thisLess of thisnaturenatureMore like thisLess of thissurvivalsurvivalMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 496 pages
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