Wagon Making and More Affairs of Plain Living - Spring Wild Plant Foods

THis work, Volume II, 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, Ghost Stories, Wild Plant Foods, Spinning, Weaving, Midwifing, Corn Shucking, 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.

Ghost Stories, Spring Plant Foods, Spinning and Weaving, Midwifing, Burial Customs, Corn Shuckin's, and Wagon Making are an integral part of Southern mountain culture. This volume of the Foxfire series should be on any author's shelf who writes or plans to write a best selling historical (COLD MOUNTAIN), a mystery (THE DEVILS HEARTH), or a literary novel (PRODIGAL SUMMER), because these traditions add spice and authenticity to a work.
The FOXFIRE series is a place to begin research. They are well illustrated with photographs and line drawings. We've dog-eared this volume for several short stories and our novels.
Writing as a Small BusinessSins of the Fathers: A Brewster County NovelUnder the Liberty OakThe Bluegrass Dream: A Wilderness Adventure of Early SettlersGuns Across the Rio: A Texas Ranger in Old Mexico

I purposely went through a person at your customer service dept. to help me with this order. I specifically explained I wanted a hard back copy of this book. I was charged for a hard copy and when I received this book after much stress and a mess up with my order going to the wrong state and persons I received a soft copy. I had to track this book down and have numerous conversations with the distributor but finally received the soft back the day before Christmas. I would not order from them again.

Learn some "back to the earth" ways of doing things along with some absorbing stories of a way of life long gone and cherished. Also interesting info about the writers project which sponsored the author(s).

It is amazing how one generation can have so much information and the next generation misses out. The project to interview and document how "the older generation" used to live provides information to many other generations across the country. Great information for those who want to learn how it used to be done. The only problem was with the quality of the book as the pages were falling out.