Has anyone read this? I have been working my way through the Foxfire series and saw this tonight at B&N. Took it to my table while I had my coffee and was fascinated - couldn't put it down. I think it will be the next Foxfire book I get.
Hey sherri. Is it the Foxfire 40th Anniversary book: Faith, Family and the Land? I looked it up on amazon.com and it is only $10.31 brand new. Woo Hoo. Is that good? MB
JessieMae
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jessie
Raleigh
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Posted - Apr 30 2009 : 11:47:10 AM
I read it, and it was fantastic. I'd never heard of Foxfire before (except for that old Jessica Tandy / Hallmark movie), but it was a great read nonetheless. I highly recommend it.
I don't know how many Foxfire books were published - I think I have 6 or 7 from the 1970's. It's been a model for many programs. Our school district here participated in the Foxfire project and my kids went and interviewed older folks around here who were among the first homestead families (Washington's a pretty young state). I think it's a great way to preserve our history and the ways of the past.
Thank you for posting this; I didn't know about it. I requested it at my local library just now. :-)
The Foxfire books have a special place in my heart. I have a battered old copy of the first book, given to my late mother (who died when I was six) by my father long ago. It is one of the few things of hers I have. When I read things like it makes me feel closer to her. She was a proud homemaker and definitely was a Farmgirl in her heart. They are both gone now but books and things like that help keep them alive in spirit.
“It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.” --Laura Ingalls Wilder
Edited by - countrykatgirly on May 27 2009 09:36:42 AM
Foxfire's 40th Anniversary Book
Posted - Apr 17 2009 : 10:24:14 PM
