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    1. Re: [WALDROP] Black Dutch
    2. "...the Foxfire books are a compendium of interviews with older Appalachian folk, in an effort to preserve the culture and heritage of the people and their times. These interviews were conducted largely by high school students, coordinated by Eliot Wigginton, in the late 1960s through the middle 1970s, and in many cases the direct or indirect offspring of the people being interviewed. While the people interviewed were from all parts of Appalachia, much of the material concentrates on the Rabun Gap area of northwestern Georgia and Macon County of southwestern North Carolina. The Foxfire books number from 1 through 12 or so, and Foxfire 8 (ISBN 0-385-17741-0), deals largely with Southern potters and ceramacists, which seemed to be a family business. On page 90, there is an interview with an Arie Meaders..." I assumed the page 90 referred to Foxfire Book 8 since it follow in sequence. Perhaps not. I do not know if there is an index.

    06/21/2002 08:51:24