I've been purchasing these second hand through www.amazon.com to give as Christmas gifts to family members but saw some free links to share here.
There are 12 books in the original series.
Foxfire books by Elliot Wigginton.
To motivate his students, Wigginton began an oral history project, asking his students to collect oral histories from local residents. Topics included all manner of folklife practices and customs associated with farming and the rural life of southern Appalachia, as well as the folklore and oral history of local residents.
From making soap, to carving water wheels from tree stumps, to... gee, the mind boggles. He sent his students out to record the folk knowledge of the generation before mine. The people who lived through the last turn of the century, while their minds were still fresh. Most of what they are passing on is stuff they learned from their parents, and grandparents.
From FireFox.org
"Foxfire" is the name of a series of books which are anthology collections of material from The Foxfire Magazine. The students' portrayal of the previously-dismissed culture of Southern Appalachia as a proud, self-sufficient people with simple beliefs, pure joy in living, and rock-solid faith shattered most of the world-at-large's misconceptions about these "hillbillies."
Here is a "quick" description of just part of what is in the first 5 books:
These are all circa 1970's to 1980.
Volume 1: c1972. Log cabin building, planting by the signs, moonshining, etc.
Volume 2: c1973. Ghost stories, mid-wifery, burial customs, wagon making, etc.
Volume 3: c1975. Animal care, banjos & dulcimers, wild plant foods, etc.
Volume 4: c1977. Fiddle making, horse trading, gardening, etc.
Volume 5: c1979. Iron making, blacksmithing, bear hunting, etc.
Fox Fire One: http://www.scribd.com/doc/8961411/Foxfire-One
Two: http://www.scribd.com/doc/8961376/Foxfire-Two
Three: http://www.scribd.com/doc/8961322/Foxfire-Three
Four: http://www.scribd.com/doc/8961243/Foxfire-Four
Five: http://www.scribd.com/doc/6476078/Th...Book-Volume-05
Download Volumes 1-11 here:
http://www.librum.us/
There are 12 books in the original series.
Foxfire books by Elliot Wigginton.
To motivate his students, Wigginton began an oral history project, asking his students to collect oral histories from local residents. Topics included all manner of folklife practices and customs associated with farming and the rural life of southern Appalachia, as well as the folklore and oral history of local residents.
From making soap, to carving water wheels from tree stumps, to... gee, the mind boggles. He sent his students out to record the folk knowledge of the generation before mine. The people who lived through the last turn of the century, while their minds were still fresh. Most of what they are passing on is stuff they learned from their parents, and grandparents.
From FireFox.org
"Foxfire" is the name of a series of books which are anthology collections of material from The Foxfire Magazine. The students' portrayal of the previously-dismissed culture of Southern Appalachia as a proud, self-sufficient people with simple beliefs, pure joy in living, and rock-solid faith shattered most of the world-at-large's misconceptions about these "hillbillies."
Here is a "quick" description of just part of what is in the first 5 books:
These are all circa 1970's to 1980.
Volume 1: c1972. Log cabin building, planting by the signs, moonshining, etc.
Volume 2: c1973. Ghost stories, mid-wifery, burial customs, wagon making, etc.
Volume 3: c1975. Animal care, banjos & dulcimers, wild plant foods, etc.
Volume 4: c1977. Fiddle making, horse trading, gardening, etc.
Volume 5: c1979. Iron making, blacksmithing, bear hunting, etc.
Fox Fire One: http://www.scribd.com/doc/8961411/Foxfire-One
Two: http://www.scribd.com/doc/8961376/Foxfire-Two
Three: http://www.scribd.com/doc/8961322/Foxfire-Three
Four: http://www.scribd.com/doc/8961243/Foxfire-Four
Five: http://www.scribd.com/doc/6476078/Th...Book-Volume-05
Download Volumes 1-11 here:
http://www.librum.us/
