Titre et auteur:

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 / edited with an introduction by Eliot Wigginton.

Édition:

1st Anchor books ed.

Publication:

Garden City, N.Y. : Anchor Press, [1972]
©1972

Description:

384 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Série(s):

Anchor books ; AO-36

Notes:
Includes index of people.
"Edited by Eliot Wigginton and his students"--Cover page.
"This is the Way I Was Raised Up" -- Aunt Arie -- Wood -- Tools and Skills -- Building a Log Cabin -- Chimney Building -- White Oak Splits -- Making a Hamper Out of White Oak Splits -- An Old Chair Maker Shows How -- Rope, Straw, and Feathers are to Sleep On -- A Quilt is Something Human -- Soapmaking -- Cooking on a Fireplace, Dutch Oven, and Wood Stove -- Daniel Manous -- Mountain Recipes -- Preserving Vegetables -- Preserving Fruit -- Churning Your Own Butter -- Slaughtering Hogs -- Curing and Smoking Hog -- Recipes for Hog -- Weather Signs -- Planting by the Signs -- The Buzzard and the Dog -- Home Remedies -- Hunting -- Dressing and Cooking Wild Animal Foods -- Hunting Tales -- Snake Lore -- Moonshining as a Fine Art -- Faith Healing -- Hillard Green.

Résumé:

Interviews and essays describe the way of life and crafts of pioneer America still surviving in the Appalachian region.

ISBN:

0385073534
9780385073530
038507350X
9780385073509
0606033211
9780606033213
0613186699
9780613186698

Sujet:

Country life Georgia Rabun Gap.
Handicraft Georgia Rabun Gap.
Mountain life Southern States.
Artisanat Géorgie (État) Rabun Gap.
NATURE General.
Country life.
Handicraft.
Manners and customs.
Handwerk
Landleben
Volkskultur
Georgia Social life and customs.
Georgia.
Georgia Rabun Gap.
USA

Classification/genre:

Quelle.

Vedettes secondaires:

Wigginton, Eliot, editor.
Wigginton, Eliot editor.
Foxfire.
Anchor Books ; AO-36.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 291248
Cote: BIB 234723
Statut: Disponible