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Foxfire 5 : ironmaking, blacksmithing, flintlock rifles, bear hunting, and other affairs of plain living / edited with an introduction by Eliot Wigginton.

Wigginton, Eliot. (Added Author).

Summary:

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 step-by-step instructions.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0385143079
  • ISBN: 9780385143080
  • ISBN: 0385143087
  • Physical Description: 511 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: Anchor books edition.
  • Publisher: Garden City, N.Y. : Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1979.

Content descriptions

General Note:
NC Cardinal: Publisher, dates, and paging may vary.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-436) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Will and Magaline Zoellner -- Ironmaking and blacksmithing: blast furnaces, bellows, fireplace pokers, forge shovels, froes, cowbells, and horseshoes -- Gunmaking: black powder, barrel making, siler locks, flintlock rifles, modern gunsmiths, turkey shoots, and the NMLRA -- Bear hunting: habits and habitat, bear dogs, hunting and trapping, "Honest John", buck fever, and hunting lore -- Carrie Stewart.
Subject:
Country life > Appalachian Region, Southern.
Handicraft > Appalachian Region, Southern.
Appalachian Region, Southern > Social life and customs.
Genre:
Folklore.

Available copies

  • 96 of 102 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 102 total copies.
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Jacksonville Main Library 975.8 FOX (Text) 36015000685632 Adult Nonfiction Available -