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

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

Record details

ISBN: 0385073534
ISBN: 9780385073530
Physical Description: print
384 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Edition: Anchor Books ed.
Publisher: Garden City, N.Y. : Anchor Press, 1972.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index of people.

Formatted Contents Note:

"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.