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EDITED BY: KAYE CARVER COLLINS, LACY HUNTER & FOXFIRE STUDENTS

IN 1966, IN THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA, A GROUP OF TEACHERS AND THEIR 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 WAS BORN. ALMOST 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 COUNTRY FOLKWAYS. FASCINATING TO EVERYONE INTERESTED IN REDISCOVERING THE VIRTUES OF A SIMPLE LIFE.

THIS ELEVENTH VOLUME CELEBRATES THE RITUALS AND RECIPES OF THE APPALACHIAN HOME PLACE. IT INCLUDES SECTIONS ON HERBAL REMEDIES, PLANTING, GROWING A GARDEN, PRESERVING AND PICKLING, SMOKING AND SALTING, HONEY MAKING, BEEKEEPING, AND FISHING. AS WELL AS A VARIETY OF THE KIND OF SPIRITED FIRST HAND NARRATIVE ACCOUNTS FROM APPALACHIAN COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

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