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contends with assassins and politicians and uncovers a dangerous secret

foiled cover accents and colored endpapers

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The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women: Stories of Landscape and Community in the Mountain South -- Kami Ahrens, Paperback Animals a small town romance featuringIn 1966 in Rabun County, Georgia, a group of high school English students created theFoxfire magazine, a literary journal that celebrated Appalachian stories, peoples, and culture. The publication was filled with poetry and prose from local students and authors and featured interviews with community members. These oral histories quickly became the focal point of the magazine and, eventually, the material that generated the multivolume Foxfire book