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Subject: Re: Chuck Whitman from Dawnwalker Author: Dawg [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 22:39:07 01/04/11 Tue In reply to: Dmitri 's message, "Re: Chuck Whitman from Dawnwalker" on 14:30:42 01/03/11 Mon > >>I have a suggestion. You mentioned never hearing your >>friends stories. A few years ago my first wife got me >>involved for a time in a recording project, what we >>did was record older folk talking about their >>childhood and the areas they grew up in. I think the >>program was started in West Virginia originally. You >>seem to be in a position of influence in your >>community and the paper would make a good "Bully >>Pulpit" to start something like that in your >community. > >Anyone else remember the old Foxfire book series? '60s >and '70s? From Georgia if I remember right. I think >those started out as recordings and were transcribed >into the published books. > >Dmitri You are correct Dmitri, it started as a high school English/History project, at Rabun Gap, GA. I highly recommend all of the books. It shows what a fertile mind can come up with, when there is no other way. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Chuck Whitman from Dawnwalker Author: Dmitri [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 11:05:12 01/05/11 Wed >You are correct Dmitri, it started as a high school >English/History project, at Rabun Gap, GA. > >I highly recommend all of the books. It shows what a >fertile mind can come up with, when there is no other >way. Just did a little research on it myself. I've spent some time in that area, mostly Clayton, GA and a little east, but I didn't know at the time that's where the books were coming from, though I think I had read at least some of them by then (this was 30+ years ago). Mountain City, where Wigginton's high school class was based, is just 3 miles north of Clayton. Dmitri

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Chuck Whitman from Dawnwalker Author: Ron [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 10:27:29 01/07/11 Fri >>You are correct Dmitri, it started as a high school >>English/History project, at Rabun Gap, GA. >> >>I highly recommend all of the books. It shows what a >>fertile mind can come up with, when there is no other >>way. > >Just did a little research on it myself. I've spent >some time in that area, mostly Clayton, GA and a >little east, but I didn't know at the time that's >where the books were coming from, though I think I had >read at least some of them by then (this was 30+ years >ago). Mountain City, where Wigginton's high school >class was based, is just 3 miles north of Clayton. > >Dmitri I have the first 6 Foxfire books and refer to them quite often. I also bought the first 4 books for my son-in-law as reference/reading material for his family cabin. I would search the local used bookstores and expect to pay $7-$10 for them. Search for 'foxfire books' in any search engine and find out more.

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Chuck Whitman from Dawnwalker Author: Dmitri [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 18:56:09 01/07/11 Fri >I have the first 6 Foxfire books and refer to them >quite often. I also bought the first 4 books for my >son-in-law as reference/reading material for his >family cabin. I would search the local used >bookstores and expect to pay $7-$10 for them. Search >for 'foxfire books' in any search engine and find out >more. Thanks, Ron. We used to have at least the first 4+. I just looked on the shelf I'd expect them to be on and don't see them. Doesn't mean we don't still have 'em, but they could have gotten pitched in one of my wife's purges recently or earlier. Wouldn't have been me. I never throw anything away (to my wife's chagrin) -- especially a book. Dmitri