The Foxfire 45th anniversary book : singin', praisin', raisin' / edited by Joyce Green, Casi Best, and Foxfire Students.
"The bestselling Foxfire series returns with a loving tribute to Appalachian culture, this time with a focus on preserving and passing down the music, the lore, and the "how-to" wisdom of earlier generations."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780307742599
- ISBN: 0307742598
- Physical Description: xx, 508 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Anchor, 2011.
- Copyright: ©2011
Content descriptions
- Formatted Contents Note:
- "People will forget our past if it isn't recorded." 3 -- A Beautiful Life 17 -- "Praise the Lord, Sammy's quit smoking!" 20 -- "Don't you ever stop by my house again asking for whiskey!" -- "So that's pretty well my eight-nine years." 38 -- "But he was a stinker, that boy of mine." 46 -- "He had his head stuck up, and Mama shot him." 51 -- "I don't feel like I'm Republican; I know I am." 67 -- "Most of the toys I had was homemade." 75 -- "The first airplane ... we thought is was the Lord a-comin'." 83 -- "You either moonshined or you sold corn to moonshiners." 93 -- "Castro, he invited me to come see him." 100 -- Knoxville Girl 113 -- "A ripple of dramatic emotion swept over the courtroom." 116 -- Hell-Bent and Whiskey Bound: A Scaly Mountain Murder 121 -- "Well, now, this is a true story." 123 -- Last words, in a choked voice: "Good-bye, men." 125 -- "Yeah, that stuff's a-growin' wild up there." 129 -- "Machine Gun Bandits Hold Up Bank of Clayton" 135 -- "I ain't made no liquor in a long time." 138 -- "Let me tell you about Bass." 148 -- "Oh, Lord, if you won't help me, don't help them." 158 -- A Legacy Lives On 161 -- Barbara Allen 165 -- "This happened on a cold, windy winter night." 168 -- "Our cemetery is haunted. Did you know it?" 170 -- "If you believe in spirits at all, like I do ..." 172 -- Legend of the Deer and the Witch 179 -- "You may not believe this, but they say ..." 180 -- "These old mountains have lots of magic." 192 -- "I wasn't hallucinating." 194 -- Echoes 195 -- "We went to the Grand Ole Opry in 1960." 198 -- "I like the ol' brother-style duet stuff." 205 -- A Story and a Song 212 -- "It's been real, and it's been fun, but it ain't been real fun!" 219 -- A Family Tradition 233 -- Fishers of Men 238 -- A Band Is Born 258 -- "Because He Loved Me" 280 -- Banjo Can Also Touch the Heart 292 -- "I'm a musician." 299 -- "Emergency services pronounced me dead at the scane." 309 -- Daddy Was a Farmer 321 -- Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School Farm Family Program 330 -- "I think it was the people that made it so special." 339 -- "Jack Acree ... washed my mouth out with soap!" 343 -- "What I've got now, I picked up from Rabun Gap School." 349 -- Farmer's Daughter 358 -- "You just enjoyed living." 360 -- "Mama ordered one hundred little biddy chickens." 364 -- "Life was hard, but there were fun times also." 372 -- "Being on the school farm was a wonderful thing!" 377 -- "I knowed there wasn't nobody else for me." 386 -- "Raise 'em, feed 'em, and kill 'em." 391 -- "I can remember in the fall of the year ..." 398 -- "They provided the house, and we provided the labor." 401 -- "It was really a blessing for us." 411 -- Cotton Gins and Sawmills 418 -- With His own Two Hands 431 -- Tying a True Lover's Knot 434 -- Adaptable Five-in-One Sled 435 -- Building an Oak Shaving Horse 443 -- Chair Bottoming with Poplar Bark 454 -- Raising Native Azaleas from Seed 461 -- Forging a Traditional Drawknife 466 -- Braiding a Leather Bullwhip 476 -- Past Meets the Present 485 -- Experiencing Traditional Music 493.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Main Library | 976.8 FOX (Text) | 30229101315470 | Adult Fiction Display | Checked out | 08/22/2026 |
| Madison Main Library | GEN 975.6 FOX (Text) | 30229101375367 | Genealogy | Available | - |
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