FOXFIRE 2

by Eliot -- Ed. Wigginton ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 22, 1973

The popularity of Foxfire 1 (1972), with its double-barreled appeal to both avant educators and Whole Earth-ites, should be repeated with Foxfire 2. Again teacher Wigginton's Georgia high schoolers visit around their rural countryside, interviewing oldsters, recording the processes of intricate and subtle home crafts, and summarizing their findings of how their neighbors survive and sustain a close community. This volume features such disappearing specialties as beekeeping for home consumption, the gathering and use of wild plants, how to make yokes, wheels and wagons -- even how to wash clothes in an iron pot. The young peoples' reports on these and such other matters as weaving are outstanding examples of explositions which outdo most how-to's in clarity and precision. There are highlight sections on midwifery and burial customs and a fiery introduction by Wigginton aimed at his teaching colleagues in which he makes a good case for community-oriented education. With photographs and appendix -- an impressive example of what teen-agers can do given encouragement and creative guidance, and, most important, a sense of direction.

Pub Date: June 22, 1973

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Doubleday

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 1, 1973

Categories: NONFICTION