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
by Wigginton, Eliot [Editor]
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385073534
- ISBN 13
- 9780385073530
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Anchor, 1972. Paperback. Good. 5x0x9. Fourth printing with beige wraps and brown lettering. Cover design by Jim McWilliams. Solid binding with light edge wear and reading creases to spine. A mild corner crease and very light soiling to rear panel. Minor wear and soiling to text block edges. Inside covers show light foxing with ex-libris bookplate glued to front end. Text and images unmarked. 8vo. 384pp.
Synopsis
The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing, Moonshining The "Foxfire" books began as a student-produced magazine in 1966 that contains stories and interviews from elders in their rural Southern Appalachian community. The books are anthology collections of material from The Foxfire Magazine , edited and published by Eliot Wigginton.
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- Bookseller
- Chaparral Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CHAPwilFOXFIRE
- Title
- 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
- Author
- Wigginton, Eliot [Editor]
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0385073534
- ISBN 13
- 9780385073530
- Publisher
- Anchor
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1972
- Size
- 5x0x9
- X weight
- 18 oz
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Chaparral Books
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Portland, Oregon
About Chaparral Books
Chaparral Books is located across from Elephant's Deli on S Corbett Avenue in Portland. We have a well rounded collection of subjects, including an extensive core collection in Western Americana and Native American Literature including Western Writers.
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