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In a thread this previous week we mentioned the Foxfire books. I have found the first six online if any of you would care to read them. Look dow the list to The_Foxfire_....

http://www.shtfinfo.com/shtffiles/books_and_reading/

The series was begun in the late 1960's by a teacher in Appalachia as a literacy project, a school magazine. And it grew in to a book. And the book sold and sold. Now, I believe, there are 13 books in the series. In most of the books the students interview the old mountainfolk and record the ways of their ancestors. So many skills are covered that I could not begin to list them all.

The entire series of books is still in print, and original printing copies are not rare in secondhand book stores.

http://www.foxfire.org/foxfirepublications.aspx
 
Nice find Codger.

Growing up in WNC mountians, I had the opportunity to read a few of those books back in the late 70's & 80's.

Also enjoyed the Mother Earth News mags.
 
These books are a treasure-trove of woodsy, tried and true living skills. I have almost the whole set on my bookshelf, but having them online to read through at my leisure is awesome!!!

Fake Edit: Whoa, thats a killer collection of books online. Probably going to be pulled down sooner or later...
 
I have original copies of Foxfire one, two, three and four. I am happy to find the others online.

Thanks
 
Mannlicher said:
I have original copies of Foxfire one, two, three and four. I am happy to find the others online.

Thanks
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I've only found these volumes 1-6 so far online. But I'll keep looking. I like to read in bed late at night and my computer isn't portable, so I also keep my eyes peeled for original copies wherever I find used books. It would be cool to find a topic index list for the series too. And the other books like "Aunt Arie", "I wish I could buy my son a wild raccoon".
 
I'll be checking that out,I have 3 of them that I've had for about 20 years or so now and have found the others at times on ebay,I've always wanted to complete my "set"as well as read the rest.Thanks Codger
 
They are great books i have two or three of them here.
Regarding PDF-ed survival books i have so many right now i'm considering getting a Kindle so i can take them with when i go camping next year!
It is awesome that there is so much good survival info available of late on the interwebz!
:)
 
Yes, the site was taken down this morning. I have no idea why. It may have been suspended because the site owner did not pay the fees, or perhaps because a lot of the books on there in PDF format were still copyright protected and they got sued, or someone got a restraining order. I'll look for them on an alternate site.
 
Codger_64 said:
In a thread this previous week we mentioned the Foxfire books. I have found the first six online if any of you would care to read them. Look dow the list to The_Foxfire_....

http://www.shtfinfo.com/shtffiles/books_and_reading/

The series was begun in the late 1960's by a teacher in Appalachia as a literacy project, a school magazine. And it grew in to a book. And the book sold and sold. Now, I believe, there are 13 books in the series. In most of the books the students interview the old mountainfolk and record the ways of their ancestors. So many skills are covered that I could not begin to list them all.

The entire series of books is still in print, and original printing copies are not rare in secondhand book stores.

http://www.foxfire.org/foxfirepublications.aspx
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Thanks for the link, I couldn't say how many hours I have spent at the library pouring over these books years ago.
 
The time when these books first appeared was the same time I made my first visit to Cades Cove. I then dug into the books in Earnest and went to similar sites in Arkansas, my home State, to see how the people of Appalachia transferred those skills when they moved West. The similarities were quite apparent, including the peculiar language used. My own family originated in West Virginia and moved West beginning in the 1830's and ending in the period just after the war. Had it not been for these books, I doubt I would have understood what I found in remote ruined settler sites in the Ozarks and Boston Mountains. Paddle faster! I hear dulcimers! :D
 
Codger_64 said:
The time when these books first appeared was the same time I made my first visit to Cades Cove. I then dug into the books in Earnest and went to similar sites in Arkansas, my home State, to see how the people of Appalachia transferred those skills when they moved West. The similarities were quite apparent, including the peculiar language used. My own family originated in West Virginia and moved West beginning in the 1830's and ending in the period just after the war. Had it not been for these books, I doubt I would have understood what I found in remote ruined settler sites in the Ozarks and Boston Mountains. Paddle faster! I hear dulcimers! :D
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Yeah, there is a wealth of great info in those books. I was particularly interested in the cabin structures and making wooden shingles.

Eh...I don't start sweating till I hear the banjo :)
 
Man, talk about a blast from the past! I haven't even heard Foxfire mentioned in over a decade. They were always my pick in the library at school. Thanks, Codger, talk about some good readin'. Is that banjo music I hear? Moose
 
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