The Foxfire Books: Christmas Gift Ideas for Self-Reliance and Survival

Dear Shadow Tribe,

 

My Foxfire Books

The Foxfire books began as a high school project in the 1960s in the mountains of north Georgia. Students interviewed older neighbors and recorded the practical skills, crafts, and knowledge that kept people living independently for generations. The result is a series of books with clear instructions on building log cabins, raising and butchering livestock, making tools, foraging, cooking without modern appliances, blacksmithing, and dozens of other mountain skills. These are working guides to simple living that cut dependence on outside systems. For anyone focused on survival and resistance through self-reliance, the Foxfire series makes a useful Christmas gift: real skills that remain useful long after the holidays. 

 

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The Firefox Series 

 

1)  The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing, Moonshining, and Other Affairs of Plain Living 

2) Foxfire 2: Ghost Stories, Spring Wild Plant Foods, Spinning and Weaving, Midwifing, Burial Customs, Corn Shuckin'S, Wagon Making and More Affairs of Plain Living

3) 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 

4) Foxfire 4: Fiddle Making, Spring Houses, Horse Trading, Sassafras Tea, Berry Buckets, Gardening 

 

 5) Foxfire 5: Ironmaking, Blacksmithing, Flintlock Rifles, Bear Hunting, and Other Affairs of Plain Living 

6) Foxfire 6: Shoe Making, 100 Toys and Games, Gourd Banjos and Song Bows, Wooden Locks, A Water-Powered Sawmill 

 

7) Foxfire 7: Ministers, Church Members, Revivals, Baptisms, Gospel Singing, Faith Healing, Foot Washing, Snake Handling

 

8) Foxfire 8: Southern Folk Potter from Pug Mills, Ash Glazes, Groundhog Kilns to Face Jugs, Churns, Roosters, Mule Swapping and Chicken Fighting

9) Foxfire 9: General Stores, The Jud Nelson Wagon, A Praying Rock, A Catawban Indian Potter, Haint Tales, Quilting, Homes Cures, The Log Cabin Revisited 

10) Foxfire 10: Railroad Lore, Boardinghouses, Depression-Era Appalachia, Chairmaking, Whirligigs, Snake Canes, Gourd Art

11) Foxfire 11: The Old Home Place, Wild Plant Uses, Preserving and Cooking Food, Hunting Stories, Fishing, More Affairs of Plain Living

 

12) Foxfire 12: Square Dancing, Crafts, Cherokee Traditions, Summer Camps, World War Veterans, Personalities  

 

13) The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Cookery  

 

Between Shadows and Light, 

   Cade Shadowlight ☠ 

 

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