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EDITED BY: ELIOT WIGGINTON & HIS STUDENTS

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. MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS LATER, THE BOOK CONTINUES 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, HANDICRAFTS, AND OTHER COUNTRY FOLKWAYS, FASCINATING TO EVERYONE INTERESTED IN REDISCOVERING THE VIRTUES OF SIMPLE LIVING.

THIS FOURTH VOLUME CELEBRATES THE HOME LIFE AND CREATIVE HERITAGE OF APPALACHIA, INCLUDING SECTIONS ON KNIFE MAKING, WOOD CARVING, LOGGING, AND CHEESE MAKING, AS WELL AS A VARIETY OF THE KIND OF SPIRITED FIRSTHAND NARRATIVE ACCOUNTS FROM APPALACHIAN COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT EXEMPLIFY THE FOXFIRE STYLE.

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