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| Foxfire 5 (Foxfire) | 
| Authors: Inc. Foxfire Fund, Eliot Wigginton
Publisher: Anchor
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 30519
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 512
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.4
ISBN: 0385143087
Dewey Decimal Number: 975.04
EAN: 9780385143080
ASIN: 0385143087
Publication Date: June 1, 1979
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Product Description
The fifth Foxfire volume includes rain-making, blacksmithing, bear hunting, flintlock rifles, and more.
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 ANOTHER ONE TO ADD TO YOUR FOXFIRE COLLECTION April 22, 2007
As one reviewer has pointed out, there are more words in this one, and less pictures than previous works. This work, Volume V, is like the others. A wonderful history of how it was. In this day and age of having most needs meet and something for everyone on the Wal-mart shelf, we tend to forget just what it was like in our not too distant past. These books, the Foxfire books, brings to light skills, attitudes and a way of life that is all but forgotten. This is a good thing. When a people lose their history, they lose part of their soul. As the title of this work states, from blacksmithing to rain making,this work addresses many of the old forgotten skills and there is so much more. The editors have done a wonderful job. They have made a very honest effort to replicate the dialect of those places and times and I feel that this is a big part of the charm of these books. I am old enough to have known many of the kinds of folks featured in these books, being only one generation past them, and have a great appreciation for what and how they did all the little things we take so for granted now. I might also suggest that you actually try some of the things mentioned in these volumes. It will give you even more of an appreciation for what they did, and hey, who knows, the skill you develope just might come in handy one of these days! Recommend this and the other Foxfire books highly.
Foxfire 5 is excellent. March 7, 2006
The information contained within Foxfire 5 has come in handy for Duane many a times for learning how to do stuff. Most of the old methods are now lost to the current generation of Americans. It is a good reference for someone who wants to learn hands-on skills, such as blacksmithing and other independent living skills.
 Some information useful to black powder gunsmiths October 2, 2004
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
There are some good pictures of gun smiths in this book, performing various techniques. Also a pretty good history of gun smiths, if that sort of thing interests you. The guns they show are flint lock.
The black smithing, horse shoeing and iron making are pretty slim. How to make a horse shoe, cow bell, and stove poker are about it. They discuss how they rebuilt the iron furnace, but not how to use it.
I would recommend this book only to black powder gunsmiths, or those interested in rifle history.
Another "MUST HAVE" for your bookshelf April 10, 2002
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you enjoy the Appalachian culture, you'll love the FOXFIRE books. Volume No. 5 covers bear hunting, blacksmithing and gun making. If you've never read these books, it may be difficult, since the text is written in the vernacular of the mountain folk, but this adds to the charm and "character" of the books. The bear hunting stories wer entertaining, but I really enjoyed reading about Hacker Martin and Hershall House. If you want to know how life really was in the Smokey Mountains, read this book.
As always, a pleasure to read and apply May 21, 2001
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
One of our nation's treasures is being lost one person at a time, and because of Eliot Wigginton, at least some of the treasure is being documented. The people of Appalachia have been marginalized and treated as backwoods hicks and hillbillies, only because of their poverty. That is what makes the richness of their culture all the more amazing. These people live on what an average family throws away every day. They're frugal, resourceful, and highly intelligent. This book only serves to prove it. If you haven't spent time with hill people, your live is incomplete.
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