Whole Body Library / lineage field guide
The Foxfire Book
Eliot Wigginton / Foxfire students and contributors · 1972
A practical oral-history and skills compendium from the Foxfire project.
Why it belongs
A reminder that useful catalogs can preserve practice knowledge and voices, not only products.
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How this one helps
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Read the reference first; buy only if it answers a real question for your body or practice.
Why read it
A skills-and-voices book that helps WBC remember catalog work is also cultural memory: practical knowledge is carried by people, not only specs.
Key idea
A catalog can document practice, not just recommend purchases.
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For one WBC tool, write the user-practice context before the product specs.
Best for
- Catalog lineage readers
- Field-guide design inspiration
Read with caution
- Cultural context and authorship deserve care
- Not directly body-content evidence
Source note
Cover and excerpts
This page uses an original WBC cover card instead of reproducing publisher cover art. Short excerpts, when present, are used for commentary.
Finding a copy
Use the title and creator above with your library, bookstore, used-book marketplace, or audio service. WBC keeps this page focused on context rather than buy buttons.