Foxfire Books

[Pat B]

Boy, Marie is missing her chance with this one!    Pat

[Otoe Bow]

I got the first Foxfire book at a book fair when I was in grade school.  I think I still have it somewhere.  It was all part of my scheme as a kid to to live in the woods.  I was a student of Euell Gibbons (remember the "many parts are edible" Grapenut commercials?) and had another book called "Feasting free on Wild Edibles".  I can't remember the author but it explained all kinds of dishes involving wild foods.

Steve:  Notice how we've turn this post to one of food.  It's inevitable.  Sorry.

Otoe     

[hawkbow]

I loved reading the Foxfire books as a teenager, the information contained in the pages of those books sparked an interest in survival  and primitive skills that took my wandering teenage mind to far away campfires and fueled a lifelong interest in  backwoods lore and wilderness living.. A definate must read...Mike A/ho 

[Hillbilly]

Steve:  Notice how we've turn this post to one of food.  It's inevitable.  Sorry.

Yep, we're already stalking the wild asparagus.  There's a lot about food in the Foxfire books, though, so it was inevitable.

[RidgeRunner]

One of the best quotes I ever heard came from one of the Foxfire Books.

It goes something like this.  "A sharp tongue is the only sharp edged tool that gets sharper with use."

Still read mine quite often.

David

[Sparrow]

They are great books.Learned how to work with wood and build the tools needed to do it."Must have" Books for sure.  Frank

[mullet]

  Cool Steve, Looks like we lucked out on this one.

[ber643]

I had about four of them back in my thirties (I think it was). As said, great books. Might even still have one or more in the book cases in my "Glory Hole Room", or might not - if I could ever get to them  Gotta get all my old books out and put 'em on auctions I guess - I could use the loot for things I'm doing these days.