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Foxfire 10 : railroad lore, boardinghouses, Depression-era Appalachia, chair making, whirligigs, snakes canes, and gourd art / edited by George P. Reynolds, Susan Walker, and Rabun County high school students with the assistance of Eliot Wigginton. - First edition. - xxi, 486 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

Transportation: Tallulah Falls Railway -- Tourism: The Tallulah Falls Hotel era ; Clayton boardinghouses ; Survivors -- Economic revolution: Burton ; Clearing the land ; The Fontana Dam ; Folklore ; Hard times ; The Forest Service and "Ranger Nick" ; The CCC ; The WPA -- Personality portraits: Ellene Franklin Gowder ; Walker Word ; Lyndall "Granny" Toothman -- Crafts: Max and Myron Woody ; Jimmy White ; Clyde Runion ; Jerry King ; Michael and Melvin Crocker ; Reuben A. Miller ; Minnie Black.

ISBN: 0385469101 0385422768

LCCN: 92024634

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Handicraft--Appalachian Region, Southern.
Handicraft--Georgia--Rabun County.
Folklore--Appalachian Region, Southern.
Folklore--Georgia--Rabun County.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Rabun County (Ga.)--Social life and customs.
Appalachian Region, Southern--Social life and customs.

LC Class. No.: F217.A65 / F6 v. 10

Dewey Class. No.: 975.8/123