"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> "Jim Elbrecht" > wrote in message
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>> On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:32:59 -0400, "jmcquown" >
>> wrote:
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>>>The Foxfire Books. 1972.
>>
>> *Begun* in 1972. [or thereabouts] I just ran across my set in the
>> attic earlier this morning. I think I have 6-7. I looked on
>> Amazon to see what their dates were & it looks like they revived the
>> series! I'm missing a few. Should probably buy them so when the
>> apocalypse comes I'm ready. [I've got the one that builds a still-- so
>> I guess I could just from there and barter.<g>]
>>
>> I found them very informative & great reading. not to mention what a
>> great idea it was to introduce teens to *old* people and their ways--
>> and record those ways for posterity.
>>
> Yeah, I was a teenager when these were first published. After I finished
> reading Lord of the Rings I read the Foxfire books I liked learning
> how to make my own soap and how to build a log cabin... not that I ever
> did those things.
>
> Jill

My parents had them. I was particularly interested in the hog butchering
section. The guy behind Foxfire later turned out to be a child molester or
something.