Foxfire 3: Animal Care, Banjos and Dulcimers, Hide Tanning, Summer and Fall Wild Plant Foods, Butter Churns, Ginseng, and Still More Affairs of Plain Living [Paperback]

Eliot Wigginton (Editor)

Book Description

Release date: July 15, 1975

Volume 3 of this series covers animal care, banjos and dulcimers, wild plant foods, butter churns, ginseng and more.

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Volume 3 of this series covers animal care, banjos and dulcimers, wild plant foods, butter churns, ginseng and more.

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Volume 3 of this series covers animal care, banjos and dulcimers, wild plant foods, butter churns, ginseng and more.

Product Details

• Paperback: 512 pages
• Publisher: Anchor Books; 1st edition (July 15, 1975)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385022727
• ISBN-13: 978-0385022729
• Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 1.3 x 9.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,906 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #33 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Folklore & Mythology

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48 of 58 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Good place to get ideas but don't expect a solid how-to October 22, 1998

By A Customer

Format:Paperback

All of the foxfire books have a similar format: interviews with elders who practice a specific handicraft. And in the telling you can learn a lot of good details, but these books are not meant to teach you how to do any of these crafts, they are simply recording the knowledge of these elders. There are much better how-to's out there for skills. For a general book, get "The Encyclopedia of Country Living", for a book on hide-tanning get "Deerskins into Buckskins", both available from amazon.com

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars WE OWE THESE PEOPLE A LOT April 22, 2007

By D. Blankenship HALL OF FAMETOP 50 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

Format:Paperback

I own, read and use almost all of the Foxfire books. Actually, we owe both the Foxfire people and we certainly owe the characters of a gone generation. This work, Volume III, 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. Do be warned though, as one reviewer has pointed out, these are not step by step "how to do it" books. But This is sort a good thing as the how to books out there are sort of a dime a dozen any more. When a people lose their history, they lose part of their soul. As the title of this work states, 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.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Foxfire 3, A Great Study in past life June 21, 2010

By Jeffrey E. Combs

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

this series covers animal care, banjos and dulcimers, wild plant foods, butter churns, ginseng and more.All of the foxfire books have a similar format: interviews with elders who practice a specific handicraft. Get them all, they are great.