Yeah. I was checking to see if anyone mentioned the Firefox series. They are a must, but they are very expensive. There is a few books from a guy named John Rice Irving. He has a place called the Appalachian museum in Tn. He went around collecting items and information from the people of the Appalachian mountains. There are even plans and how to instructions on making your own muzzleloader. They were pretty good books.
First, it's Foxfire, not Firefox.
Second, only the first few are worth a shit.
Third, it's in GA (Rabun Gap), not TN.
Forth, they aren't technical manuals, they are documentation of a forgotten way of life. E.g., the article on log cabins begins with assuming a built up foundation--useless if you are actually trying to build a cabin--then it goes on to give a description of how the existing cabins were built, not the most practical way to actually build one.
High school students taking notes from some old codger on how his mom use to put turpentine and snake piss in his ear to heal warts is a waste prepper library space.
I own the complete set. they are nice, but not "practical", nor technical, nor necessary.
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Whatever shithead.
I haven't seen a foxfire book in years. So I mistakenly called them Firefox. "My Apologies"
Now as for your reading comprehension. My comments about the museum in Tn is correct. Oh, sure, I know all about the teacher and students in Ga and their books. If you will notice, I had stopped talking about them,( others had already mentioned them), and I had started telling about the Appalachian Museum in Tn. The gentleman that started the museum and wrote his books wanted to do something to save the way of life of the Appalachian people.
Look it up and give them a visit. It's a nice little place.
Forgive me for assuming you were referring to the in your post about the Foxfire book series....
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