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.
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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.
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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.
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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
good do-it-yourself stuff in here!,
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This review is from: Foxfire 6 (Paperback)
If you're interested in how people did things before Wal-mart, you might want to check out Foxfire 6, as well as the rest of the Foxfire series of books (1-10)... These focus on Appalachian living, and how Appalachian folks did things before moderization. These are the only books I know of that truly show you hands on ways to make instruments, locks, dig a well, make toys, and even cook a good meal--- simply. Another good thing is that even though they are very complete, they are actually pretty interesting to read. Most survival-type books are focused on all sorts of weird Armageddon/nuclear war stuff, but these are just records of how life used to be. All in all, a worthy purchase for anyone interested in actually learning something.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
ANOTHER GREAT OFFERING,
This review is from: Foxfire 6 (Paperback)
This work, Volume VI, is like the others. A wonderful history of how it was. In this day and age of having most needs meet and something for everyone on the Wal-mart shelf, we tend to forget just what it was like in our not too distant past. These books, the Foxfire books, brings to light skills, attitudes and a way of life that is all but forgotten. This is a good thing. When a people lose their history, they lose part of their soul. As the title of this work states, from shoemaking to toys, to games and musical instruments, this addresses many of the old forgotten skills and there is so much more. The editors have done a wonderful job. They have made a very honest effort to replicate the dialect of those places and times and I feel that this is a big part of the charm of these books. I am old enough to have known many of the kinds of folks featured in these books, being only one generation past them, and have a great appreciation for what and how they did all the little things we take so for granted now. I might also suggest that you actually try some of the things mentioned in these volumes. It will give you even more of an appreciation for what they did, and hey, who knows, the skill you develope just might come in handy one of these days! Recommend this and the other Foxfire books highly.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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All Foxfire Series,
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This review is from: Foxfire 6 (Paperback)
These books are very interesting and full of knoweledge from our past history. My relatives were from the deep south especialy around the Roam Mountain area;this is where my grandmother and grandfather were from. This information let me know what they went thru doing their life. The Garlands and The Hughes. Thanks again.Gettysburg,Pa.
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Jake Waldroop, a lively ninety-one-year-old man, and his wife, Bertha, still live in the house that Jake himself built thirty-five years ago. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
log buggy, sawdust chain, main line shaft, log turner, gourd banjo, dumb bull, planetary gearing, log carriage, flying jenny, cement dam, log pond, blight hit, musical bow, sprocket wheel, crab tree, first shaft Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North Carolina, Pigeon Roost, Willard Watson, United States, New York, John Rice, Ronnie Welch, Leonard Webb, Rabun County, South Carolina, Civil War, Fred Potter, Macon County, Mark Twain, Perry Point, Harvey Miller, Museum of Appalachia, Nantahala River, Papa Willie, Watauga River, World War, Ben Bar, Ben Ward, Charlie Hartley, Deep Gap New!
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Jake Waldroop, a lively ninety-one-year-old man, and his wife, Bertha, still live in the house that Jake himself built thirty-five years ago. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
log buggy, sawdust chain, main line shaft, log turner, gourd banjo, dumb bull, planetary gearing, log carriage, flying jenny, cement dam, log pond, blight hit, musical bow, sprocket wheel, crab tree, first shaft Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North Carolina, Pigeon Roost, Willard Watson, United States, New York, John Rice, Ronnie Welch, Leonard Webb, Rabun County, South Carolina, Civil War, Fred Potter, Macon County, Mark Twain, Perry Point, Harvey Miller, Museum of Appalachia, Nantahala River, Papa Willie, Watauga River, World War, Ben Bar, Ben Ward, Charlie Hartley, Deep Gap New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Garden City: Past, present and future (Studies in History, Planning and the Environment, No 15) by Stephen Ward on page 351, and page 353
- The Natural History of the Musical Bow by Henry Balfour on page 86
- Sinful Tunes and Spirituals: BLACK FOLK MUSIC TO THE CIVIL WAR (Music in American Life) by Dena J. Epstein on page 83
- The Musical Instruments of the Native Races of South Africa by Percival R. Kirby on page 86
- Clarence Darrow For The Defense by Irving Stone on page 353
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