The Foxfire Book by Wigginton, Eliot [editor] - 1972

Garen City, New York: Anchor Books/Doubleday, 1972. 1972, 1973. Paperback formats. SET OF TWO BOOKS: The Foxfire Book (1972), 384 pages: 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. Foxfire 2 (1973), 410 pages: Ghost stories, spring wild plant foods, spinning and weaving, midwifing, burial customs, corn shuckin's, wagon making, and more affairs of plain living. Condition: The Foxfire Book has darken spine, some abrasion/creases to binding, light age toning. Eight pages detached, but laid it (typical of this type of binding for a thick book). Overall Very Good. Foxfire 2: Minor wear to binding, light age toning, else overall Near Fine. Both books: Free of stickers, bookplates, writing in text, and page tears. Not former library books. These how-to books help and guide people to living the plain life, especially in the mountains. The books tell how to build things, including a log cabin, baskets, and beds. They tell how to make soap; churn your own butter; slaughter hogs; cook; make a tub wheel, a foot-powered lathe, an ox yoke; raise sheep; conduct old-time burials; wash clothes in an iron pot, and much more. Practical advice, great insights, and simple ways of living the plain life. Note: We are a well-established, well-respected, ethical book dealer in business since 1991. We describe the condition of our books thoroughly and honestly, so you'll know exactly what you will be receiving when you order. We ship promptly. . Paperback. Very Good.