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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Fifty Years and Counting: A Note from Ann Moore, Foxfire President and Executive Director Emeritus
Making Real Human Connections: A Note from Our Editors
WISDOM OF OUR ELDERS: LIVIN’ HIGH ON THE HOG
How to Enjoy a Simple Life
THE VANISHING ARTS
Community and Gratitude
The Art of Making Cornshuck Dolls and Real Connections: An Interview with Beth Kelley Zorbanos
Mountain Folk Art at Its Peak: An interview with local folk artists Eric Legge
Mother Vine and King Kudzu: An interview with Kudzu artists Joleen Oh and Cleve Phillips
Making What We Need by Hand
Making Soap, Living Clean, and Giving Thanks: A day of crafting with Jenny, T. J., Briar, and Moses Stevens
How to Make Rope the Old-Timey Way: Kermit Rood teaches students to make old-fashioned rope
The Point of Life!: Joe Williams tells of his experience making bark berry buckets
The "Gourd" Life: An interview with gourd artist Priscilla Wilson
The Art of Making Furniture by Hand: John Roper shares his love for wood, tools, and a vanishing art
Storytelling
Tiger Mountain's Storyteller: An interview with renowned local storyteller Janie P. Taylor
Legends That Will Never Die: Storyteller Davy Arch shares Cherokee legends
The Oral Tradition: Preserving Tales That Shaped a Nation: Jerry Wolfe shares stories of the Cherokee
Mawmaw’s Stories: Mountain tales told by Bonnie Shirley
Blacksmithing
The Hammer and the Forge: An interview with Dan Maxwell
David Burress: The Makings of a True Appalachian Blacksmith: An interview with a John C. Campbell Folk School ferrier
Hunting and Protecting
The Art of Making Turkey Calls: An interview with Dale Holland, North Carolina turkey-call maker
Traditional Weaponry: William Swimmer demonstrates construction of primitive weaponry
WISDOM OF OUR ELDERS: VIRTUOUS LIVING
How to Live an Honorable Life
THE WORLD IS WATCHING
Hollywood Comes A-Calling
The Great Locomotive Chase: Local residents on the production of the 1956 film
“He Shouted Loud, ‘Hosanna, DELIVERANCE Will Come’ ”: A community responds to the 1972 film
“I Never Expected the Novel Would Be Published”: An interview with North Georgia native Olive Ann Burns
The Making of the Foxfire Play and Movie: Foxfire students’ experiences
“Appalachia Goodbye”: Laura Monk and High Cotton create a video at the Foxfire Heritage Center
WISDOM OF OUR ELDERS: MAKING DO WITH WHAT WE HAVE
How to Be Resourceful
PICKIN’ AND GRINNIN’
In Harmony
Oliver Rice and Curtis Blackwell: Two old-time musicians reminisce
The Blackwell Tradition: An interview with second-generation bluegrass musician Shane Blackwell
“I’ve Been Everywhere, Man”: An interview with traditional bluegrass musician Rodney Worley
The Art of a Luthier: Making the Lord’s Trees Sing: An interview with Danny White
WISDOM OF OUR ELDERS: MY MOST VALUABLE POSSESSION
Old-timers Share What Is Near and Dear to Them
REMEMBERING WHEN THE WORLD WAS BLACK-AND-WHITE: STORIES FROM A SIMPLER TIME
“I’ve Traveled a Bit, Yet I Keep Coming Back Like Iron Filings to a Magnet”: An interview with James Still
The Big Cat: Baseball star Johnny Mize recalls his raising in the Appalachian foothills
Sock Suppers, Cakewalks, Cotton Pickin’, and a Water Lily Quilt: Frances Harbin shares her memories
Front Porch Stories: An interview with Edgar Owens
Hearts Touched and Healed: An interview with Lois and Clarence Martin
A Self-Proclaimed “Black Sheep”: Mischievous antics with Malcolm Dillard
“It Has Been Wonderful, Really!”: The unique life of Beanie Ramey
“Everywhere That I Have Been, I Was Always on My Way Back Home”: An interview with the Honorable Zell Miller and Mrs. Shirley Miller
“A Little Good in Everybody”: An abundance of love from Susie Hembree Dockins
WISDOM OF OUR ELDERS: WOMEN AND CHILDREN
“Train Up a Child in the Way He Should Go”: Advice on child-rearing
Women of Appalachia: Thoughts on their changing roles
WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED
Student Spotlight
From Pencils to PCs: Former student Laurie Brunson Altieri discusses changes in the magazine
Highlighting a Former Student: An interview with Foxfire alumna Allison Adams
WORDS OF WISDOM FROM STUDENTS, PARENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND READERS
Removing Negative Stereotypes
Documenting the Culture and Heritage
Remembering the Past
Helping Generations Relate
Understanding What Foxfire Means
Encouraging Readers and Students to Go Beyond
Inspiring and Learning
Making Community Connections
Looking to the Future
EXPERIENCING ARTS AND CRAFTS
Southeastern Folk Art and Craft Festivals
Contributors
Editors and Staff
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