INDICE: |
| 6 | | Acknowledgements |
| 9 | | Introduction |
| 15 | | “this is the way I was raised up” |
| 17 | | Aunt Arie |
| 31 | | Wood |
| 38 | | Tools and Skills |
| 53 | | Building a Log Cabin |
| 108 | | Chimney Building |
| 115 | | White Oak Splits |
| 119 | | Making a Hamper out of White Oak Splits |
| 123 | | Making a Basket out of White Oak Splits |
| 128 | | An Old Chair aker Shows How |
| 139 | | Rope, Straw, and Feathers are to Sleep on |
| 142 | | A Quilt is Something Human |
| 151 | | Soapmaking |
| 159 | | Cooking on a Fireplace, Dutch Oven, and Wood Stove |
| 165 | | Daniel Manous |
| 167 | | Mountain Recipes |
| 174 | | Preserving Vegetables |
| 181 | | Preserving Fruit |
| 185 | | Churning Your Own Butter |
| 189 | | Slaughtering Hogs |
| 199 | | Curing and Smoking Hog |
| 202 | | Recipes for Hog |
| 208 | | wether Signs |
| 212 | | Planting by the Signs |
| 228 | | The Buzzard and the Dog |
| 230 | | Home Remedies |
| 249 | | Hunting |
| 264 | | Dressing and Cooking Wild Animal Foods |
| 274 | | Hunting Tales |
| 289 | | Snake Lore |
| 301 | | Moonshining as a Fine Art |
| 346 | | Faith Healing |
| 369 | | Hillard Green |
| 382 | | Index of People |
| 384 | | _ |