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Foxfire 2Eliot Wigginton
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Foxfire 2

410 pagesFirst published 19732 editions
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In 1966, in the Appalachian Mountains of Northeast Georgia, a teacher and his students founded a quarterly magazine that they named Foxfire, after a phosphorescent lichen. In 1972, several articles from the magazine were published in book form and the acclaimed Foxfire series was born. Some thirty years later, the books continue to teach a philosophy of simplicity in living that is truly enduring in its appeal. Much more than "how to" books, the Foxfire series is a publishing phenomenon and a way of life, teaching creative self-sufficiency, the art of natural remedies, home crafts, and other…

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2 in Spinefolk
FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
PaperbackAnchor Books19734109780385022675
HardcoverDoubleday1973—9780385022545
Country lifeSocial life and customsHandicraftFolklore, united statesAppalachian regionManners and customsJuvenile literatureLong Now Manual for Civilization