Foxfire 11

WiththisnewestvolumeintheFoxfireseriescomesawealthofthekindoffolkwisdomandvaluesofsimplelivingthathavemadethesevolumesbelovedbestsellersforthelastthreedecades，withmorethantwomillioncopiesinprint.In1966，intheAppalachianMountainsofNortheastGeorgia，EliotWiggintonandhisstudentsfoundedaquarterlymagazinethattheynamedFoxfire，afteraphosphorescentlichen.In1972，severalarticlesfromthemagazinewerepublishedinbookform，andtheacclaimedFoxfireserieswasborn.Almostthirtyyearslater，inthisageoftechnologyandcyber-living，thebooksteachaphilosophyofsimplicityinlivingthatistrulyenduringinitsappeal.Thisnewvolume--Foxfire11--celebratestheritualsandrecipesoftheAppalachianhomeplace，includingaone-hundredpagesectiononherbalremedies，andsegmentsaboutplantingandgrowingagarden，preservingandpickling，smokingandsalting，honeymaking，beekeeping，andfishing，aswellashundredsofthekindofspritiedfirsthandnarrativeaccountsfromAppalachiancommunitymembersthatexemplifytheFoxfirestyle.Muchmorethan"how-to"books，theFoxfireseriesisapublishingphenomenonandawayoflife，teachingcreativeself-sufficiency，theartofnaturalremedies，homecrafts，andothercountryfolkways，fascinatingtoeveryoneinterestedinrediscoveringthevirtuesofsimplelife.