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Foxfire 10: Railroad Lore, Boardinghouses, Depression-Era Appalachia, Chairmaking, Whirligigs, Snake Canes, Gourd Art (Foxfire Series) by Eliot Wigginton; Paul F Gillespie; Margie Bennett; George P Reynolds; Susan Walker; Kaye Carver Collins; Lacy Hunter; Angie Cheek is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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<p><p>chock Full Of The Wit And Wisdom That Has Become&#160;&#160;the Foxfire Trademark, This Entirely New Volume In&#160;&#160;the Acclaimed, 6-million-copy Best-selling&#160;&#160;<i>foxfire</i> Series Is On Oral History Of&#160;&#160;appalachian Lives And Traditions, Homespun Crafts,&#160;&#160;and Folk Arts.</p> <h3>publishers Weekly</h3> <p>although About A Quarter Of This Collection Of Oral Histories Is Devoted To Folk Arts And Crafts, Such As Chair-making And Gourd Art, The Focus In This Foxfire Volume Is On Appalachian History. The Talluhah Falls Railway's Impact On The Economy And Daily Life Of Rabun County, Ga., Gives The Setting For Interviews On Railroad Construction Work And Operation. Other Sections Consider The Boardinghouses That Flourished During Tallulah Falls's Late-19th-century Era Of Popularity As A Vacation Spot, And The Building Of The Fontana Dam. Interviews Also Explore Depression Life--one Man Tells How His Family Got By Through Snitching Apples And Hunting Possum--and The Impact Of Federal Programs Such As The Civilian Conservation Corps, With Its Army-style Camp, And Dollar-a-day Jobs In The Works Progress Administration. Although Interviewees Occasional

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Author
Eliot Wigginton; Paul F Gillespie; Margie Bennett; George P Reynolds; Susan Walker; Kaye Carver Collins; Lacy Hunter; Angie Cheek
Publisher
Anchor Books, a division of Random House
Published
1993
Language
EN
ISBN
9780385073530
Category
history
Subjects
Fiction, Reference, History
Rating
4.8 / 5 (196 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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