The Holler Handbook Volume 6: Mountain Life, Then and Now, in Ashe County, North Carolina (Ebook)
$8.00
Homesteads, smokehouses, root cellars, leather britches, corn-shuckings, courting customs, and Ashe County life today, from the old ways to Hurricane Helene. Instant PDF ebook download, available only here.
Volume 6 of The Holler Handbook is about how mountain people lived, and how Ashe County lives now.
Inside
- Building the homestead: timber, signs, house-raisings, chimneys and chinking
- Smokehouses, springhouses, root cellars, leather britches, dried apples and sorghum stir-offs
- Corn-shuckings, the red ear custom, barn frolics, play-parties and courting sticks
- Hope chests, weaving and natural plant dyes
- Personal stories of growing up in Ashe County
- The Ashe County Booklet, life after Hurricane Helene, and a Holler glossary
Format: PDF ebook, 137 pages. Opens on any phone, tablet, or computer, and can be sent to a Kindle with Amazon’s Send to Kindle.
Available exclusively at From the Hollers. This is a digital download; nothing will be shipped.
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