Eliot Wigginton

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Eliot Wigginton (born Brooks Eliot Wigginton on November 9, 1942) is an American oral historian, folklorist, writer and former educator. He is most widely known for developing with his high school students the Foxfire Project, a writing project consisting of interviews and stories about Appalachia. The project was developed into a magazine and series of best-selling Foxfire books. The series comprised essays and articles by high school students from Rabun County, Georgia focusing on Appalachian culture. In 1987, Wigginton was named "Georgia Teacher of the Year,"[1] and in 1989, he was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. In 1992, Wigginton confessed to and was convicted of child molestation.

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The Foxfire Book
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A foxfire Christmas
Representative edition published 1996
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Foxfire 10
Representative edition published 1993
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The Foxfire book of Appalachian cookery
Representative edition published 1992
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Refuse to stand silently by : an oral history of grass roots social activism in America, 1921-64
Representative edition published 1991
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Foxfire
Representative edition published 1991
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FOXFIRE
Representative edition published 1991
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A Foxfire Christmas
Representative edition published 1990
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Foxfire 3
Representative edition published 1988
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Foxfire 9
Representative edition published 1986
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Foxfire 8
Representative edition published 1986
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Sometimes a shining moment
Representative edition published 1986
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The Foxfire book of Appalachian cookery
Representative edition published 1984
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Foxfire 8
Representative edition published 1984
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Foxfire 7
Representative edition published 1982
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Foxfire 6
Representative edition published 1980
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Foxfire 5
Representative edition published 1979
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Foxfire 5
Representative edition published 1979
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Foxfire 5
Representative edition published 1979
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Foxfire 4
Representative edition published 1977
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Foxfire 4
Representative edition published 1977
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Foxfire 4
Representative edition published 1977
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"I wish I could give my son a wild raccoon"
Representative edition published 1976
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Foxfire 3
Representative edition published 1975
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