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Anchor Press/Doubleday
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Interviews and essays describe the way of life and crafts of pioneer America still surviving in the Appalachian region.
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LibraryThing member MrsLee
I found this collection to be interesting. My favorite being the ghost stories. The section on midwifing and burial customs were fascinating also. I rather skimmed over wagon making, spinning and weaving, but on the whole it was charming.
LibraryThing member Willie3
This second volume celebrates the rites and customs of Appalachia, featuring sections on ghost stories, spring wild plant foods, corn shuckin's, spinning and weaving, midwives, granny women, old-time burial customs, witches and haints, and wagon making.
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Original publication date
1973
Other editions
Foxfire 2: Ghost Stories, Spring Wild Plant Foods, Spinning and Weaving, Midwifing, Burial Customs, Corn Shuckin's, Wagon Making and More Affairs of Plain Living by Eliot Wigginton (Paperback)
Foxfire 2: Ghost Stories, Spring Wild Plant Foods, Spinning and Weaving, Midwifing, Burial Customs, Corn Shuckin's, Wagon Making and More Affairs of Plain Living by Eliot Wigginton (Paperback)