Foxfire FundSimilar Authors

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1. Eliot Wigginton

   Author of 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, Foxfire 5: Ironmaking, Blacksmithing, Flintlock Rifles, Bear Hunting, and Other Affairs of Plain Living (Foxfire Series), Foxfire 3: Animal Care, Banjos and Dulcimers, Hide Tanning, Summer and Fall Wild Plant Foods, Butter Churns, Ginseng, and Still More
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2. Barbara Kingsolver

   Author of Demon Copperhead, Prodigal Summer, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
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3. Paul F. Gillespie

   Author of Foxfire 7, FOXFIRE 7, MINISTERS, CHURCH MEMBERS, REVIVALS, BAPTISMS, SHAPED-NOTE AND GOSPEL SINGING, FAITH HEALING, CAMP MEETINGS, FOOTWASHING, SNAKE HANDLING, AND OTHER TRADITIONS OF MOUNTAIN RELGIOUS HERITAGE
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4. Linda Garland Page

   Author of Aunt Arie: A Foxfire Portrait, The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Cookery, The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Toys and Games
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5. Margie Bennett

   Author of Foxfire 8
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6. Kaye Carver Collins

   Author of Foxfire 12
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7. Reader's Digest

   Author of Back to Basics: How to Learn and Enjoy Traditional American Skills, Reader's Digest Complete Guide to Needlework, Reader's Digest Complete Guide to Sewing
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8. Carla Emery

   Author of The Encyclopedia of Country Living:
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9. Roy Underhill

   Author of The Woodwright's Shop: A Practical Guide to Traditional Woodcraft, The Woodwright's Companion: Exploring Traditional Woodcraft, The Woodwright's Workbook: Further Explorations in Traditional Woodcraft
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10. Kim Michele Richardson

    Author of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, The Book Woman's Daughter
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11. M. G. Kains

    Author of Five acres and independence : a practical guide to the selection and management of the small farm
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12. Gene Logsdon

    Author of Homesteading: How to Find New Independence on the Land, Gene Logsdon's Practical Skills: A Revival of Forgotten Crafts, Techniques, and Traditions, Small-Scale Grain Raising
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13. J. D. Vance

    Author of Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
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14. Debbie Stoller

    Author of Stitch 'n Bitch: The Knitter's Handbook, Stitch 'n Bitch Nation, Stitch 'N Bitch Crochet: The Happy Hooker
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15. The Editors of Storey Publishing's Country Wisdom Boards

    Author of Country Wisdom & Know-How
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16. Horace Kephart

    Author of Our Southern Highlanders, The book of camping and woodcraft; a guidebook for those who travel in the wilderness
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17. Jojo Moyes

    Author of The Giver of Stars
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18. John Seymour

    Author of The Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It, Forgotten Arts & Crafts
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19. Phyllis Hobson

    Author of Build Your Own underground Root Cellar, Tan Your Hide!: Home Tanning Leathers & Furs
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20. Gail Damerow

    Author of Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens: Care / Feeding / Facilities, Draft Horses and Mules: Harnessing Equine Power for Farm & Show (Storey's Working Animals)
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21. David Hackett Fischer

    Author of Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America
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22. Abigail R. Gehring

    Author of Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills, Homesteading: A Backyard Guide to Growing Your Own Food, Canning, Keeping Chickens, Generating Your Own Energy, Crafting, Herbal Medicine, and More
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23. Jerome D. Belanger

    Author of The Homesteader's Handbook to Raising Small Livestock
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24. Pamela Wood

    Author of The Salt Book: Lobstering, Sea Moss Pudding, Stone Walls, Rum Running, Maple Syrup, Snowshoes, and Other Yankee Doings
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25. Alex Bealer

    Author of The Art of Blacksmithing, Old Ways of Working Wood: The Techniques and Tools of a Time Honored Craft
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26. John Storey

    Author of Storey's Basic Country Skills: A Practical Guide to Self-Reliance
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27. Cassie Chambers

    Author of Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains
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28. Bill Bryson

    Author of A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
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29. Stu Campbell

    Author of The Underground House Book, The Home Water Supply, Let it Rot!: The Gardener's Guide to Composting
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30. Nikki Giovanni

    Author of A Good Cry: What We Learn From Tears and Laughter, Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea: Poems and Not Quite Poems
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31. Carol Hupping

    Author of Stocking Up: How to Preserve the Foods You Grow, Naturally, Producing your own Power : How to Make Nature's Energy Sources Work for You
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32. Joe Dabney

    Author of Mountain Spirits: A Chronicle of Corn Whiskey from King James' Ulster Plantation to America's Appalachians and the Moonshine Life, More Mountain Spirits: The Continuing Chronicle of Moonshine Life and Corn Whiskey, Wines, Ciders & Beers in America's Appalachians, Smokehouse Ham, Spoon Bread, and Scuppernong Wine: The Folklore and Art of Southern Appalachian Cooking
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33. Ruth Hertzberg

    Author of Putting Food By
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34. Alexander George Weygers

    Author of The Complete Modern Blacksmith, The Making of Tools
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35. Gareth Russell

    Author of The Ship of Dreams: The Sinking of the Titanic and the End of the Edwardian Era
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36. Lauren Stowell

    Author of The American Duchess Guide to 18th Century Dressmaking: How to Hand Sew Georgian Gowns and Wear Them With Style
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37. Mel Bartholomew

    Author of Square Foot Gardening: A New Way to Garden in Less Space with Less Work, All New Square Foot Gardening: More Projects, New Solutions, Grow Vegetables Anywhere
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38. Elinor Lander Horwitz

    Author of Mountain People, Mountain Crafts
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39. Organic Gardening Magazine Editors

    Author of Build It Better Yourself, The Home Workplace
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40. Mike Bubel

    Author of Root Cellaring: Natural Cold Storage of Fruits & Vegetables
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41. John 'Lofty' Wiseman

    Author of The SAS Survival Handbook
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42. Carol Ekarius

    Author of How to Build Animal Housing: 60 Plans for Coops, Hutches, Barns, Sheds, Pens, Nestboxes, Feeders, Stanchions, and Much More, The Fleece & Fiber Sourcebook: More Than 200 Fibers, from Animal to Spun Yarn
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43. Norma Coney

    Author of The Complete Soapmaker
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44. Anthony Cavender

    Author of Folk Medicine in Southern Appalachia
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45. John J. Mettler

    Author of Basic Butchering of Livestock & Game
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46. Drew Langsner

    Author of Handmade (Vanishing Cultures Of Europe And The Near East), Country Woodcraft
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47. Breece D'J Pancake

    Author of The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake
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48. Katherine Sharp Landdeck

    Author of The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II
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49. Euell Gibbons

    Author of Stalking The Wild Asparagus
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50. Allen H. Eaton

    Author of Handicrafts of the Southern Highlands
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