1979 "Foxfire 5" Reference Book on Ironmaking, Blacksmithing, Rifles and Hunting

ARTIFACT: This is a 1979 paperback copy of "Firefox 5: Ironmaking, Blacksmithing, Flintlock Rifles, Bear Hunting, and Other Affairs of Plain Living" by Eliot Wigginton. The book was written by Wigginton, a teacher who moved to the Appalachian Mountains and recorded the skills of many people surviving in largely the same way as their forebears. This book was first published by Anchor Press, and had been in a magazine format up until then. It is a great reference book for Doomsdayers and other folk alike.

VINTAGE: Published 1979.

SIZE: 511 pages with black-and-white photographs and illustrations; approximately 9" in height and 6" in width and 1-5/16" in thickness.

MATERIALS / CONSTRUCTION: Card stock cover, paper.

ATTACHMENT: Glued binding.

MARKINGS: Anchor Books Anchor Press/Doubleday Garden City, New York 1979.

ITEM NOTES: This is from a reference book collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. LCEX5/13 SCAX11/15

CONDITION: 8- (Very Fine-Excellent): The book shows some light aging only and has a price written on the cover in the upper right-hand corner; no rips, stains or writing inside the book.