Foxfire 6 (Foxfire Series)

Volume 6 of the Foxfire series covers shoemaking, 100 toys and games, gourd banjos and song bows, wooden locks, a water-powered sawmill, and other fascinating topics. "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 ... 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 simple life"--Page 4 of cover The Latest Volume In The Successful Series Updates Previous Volumes And Collects New Crafts, Reminiscences, And Stories From Appalachia. Jake Waldroop -- Gourd Banjos And Songbows -- Wooden Locks -- Shoemaking -- Toys And Games -- Uncle John Was In The Crib Stealing Corn -- I Did The Best I Could With The Brain Nature Gave Me -- Memories Of The American Chestnut -- The Homeplace. Edited With An Introd. By Eliot Wigginton. Includes Cumulative Index For Foxfire 4, Foxfire 5 And Foxfire 6. Shoemaking, Gourd Banjos And Songbows, One Hundred Toys And Games, Wooden Locks, A Water-powered Sawmill, And Other Affairs Of Just Plain Living.