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Foxfire and the Community

Making Real Introductions for 50 Years

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For decades, this beautifully isolated part of the world was undisturbed. Life was peaceful. Within the county, people from one small community did not pay any mind to the affairs of the people in the next small town. There was too much work and not enough time to be worrying about the frivolities of others.

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Lunsford, K. (2016). Foxfire and the Community. In: Smith, H., McDermott, J.C. (eds) The Foxfire Approach. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-564-7_9

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