FOXFIRE 10

Foxfire 10: Inc. Foxfire Fund, George P. Reynolds: Books

Editorial Reviews




From Publishers Weekly

Although about a quarter of this collection of oral histories is devoted to folk arts and crafts, such as chair-making and gourd art, the focus in this Foxfire volume is on Appalachian history. The Talluhah Falls Railway's impact on the economy and daily life of Rabun County, Ga., gives the setting for interviews on railroad construction work and operation. Other sections consider the boardinghouses that flourished during Tallulah Falls's late-19th-century era of popularity as a vacation spot, and the building of the Fontana Dam. Interviews also explore Depression life--one man tells how his family got by through snitching apples and hunting possum--and the impact of federal programs such as the Civilian Conservation Corps, with its army-style camp, and dollar-a-day jobs in the Works Progress Administration. Although interviewees occasionally enliven the work with their anecdotes and irrepressible personalities, much of the writing and handling of the interviews is pedestrian, though admirable for high-school students. This volume is likely to interest primarily those who are seeking out material on Appalachia, the CCC or the WPA. Photos not seen by PW.
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Lowcountry Discovers Rabun County (and can't get enough!)

Lowcountry Living Magazine:

"When Lowcountry folk head to the hills for the leaf season, North Georgia may not be the first region to appear on our mental radar. But just five hours northwest of Charleston, where the Blue Ridge Mountains dip southward into the converging corners of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, is a geographical gem: Rabun County. Threaded together by a rolling patchwork of nine small towns – Dillard, Sky Valley, Rabun Gap, Mountain City, Clayton, Tiger, Wiley, Lakemont, and Tallulah Falls – Rabun County has more surprises than you might expect out of somewhere so rural. In fact, once you exit the interstate and wander its scenic two-way highways, plunder its antique shops and craft markets, and tip your glass with the locals at “wine-thirty,” you may never stop toasting this charismatic mountain community!"

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Simply Homegrown: a Favorite!

The AJC cited Eating Well in naming Simply Homegrown the top Farmer's Market in the Southeast.
"Eating Well magazine names its picks for the Top 10 farmers markets in America in its August issue. Simply Homegrown, in North Georgia’s Clayton, makes the list as the only market in the Southeast. The magazine praises its produce, mostly sustainable and brought in from neighboring farms in Rabun, Macon and Oconee counties."