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The Foxfire Books - Volume 7

SKU: FF7

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Celebrating Appalachian spiritual heritage with stories, rituals, and songs.

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Description

The seventh volume celebrates the spiritual heritage of Appalachia, including sections on baptisms, foot washing, and the songs and rituals of a variety of organized religions in the region—from Baptists to Methodists to Pentecostals to Presbyterians—as well as a variety of the kind of spirited firsthand narrative accounts from Appalachian community members that exemplify the Foxfire style.

Product Highlights
  • Covers ministers and church members; revivals and baptisms; shaped-note and gospel singing; faith healing and camp meetings; foot washing; snake handling.
  • Edited by Paul F. Gillespie and his students
  • 6x9, 510 pgs.
  • Includes a cumulative index
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