by Barbara Swell        NEW!!!

Book $12.95

Have a seat on the old front porch glider and let's string this mess of pole beans for our garden feast tonight. We'll have the same in-season supper our great grandmothers fixed back in 1895 when food was food, raised close to home and made from scratch for family and friends every day. A Garden Supper Tonight contains vintage economical seasonal recipes, food curiosities, and timeless advice on all things home and gardening. 6" x 9", 152 pages.

"I love this book!" V. Casson

by Wayne Erbsen        NEW!!!

Book with Instructional CD $22.95

This FUN instruction book will get you playing forty old-time and bluegrass guitar tunes in no time flat! Wayne's many years of teaching guitar are evident on each page of this book. The instruction audio CD is complete with a whopping 91 tracks and the complete lyrics to all 40 songs found in the book. 9"x 12", 80 pages, spiral binding! This book is guaranteed to help the beginning and intermediate guitarist. (How many books come with a personal guarantee by the author?)

If you have a question about whether Flatpicking Guitar for the Complete Ignoramus would be helpful to you, please give Wayne a call at (828) 299-7031. He'll be happy to talk with you and answer all your questions.

You WILL learn to play: Amazing Grace, Bill Monroe’s Shady Grove, Boogie Woogie, Down the Road, Flatpicker’s Blues, Goin’ Across the Sea, Little Maggie, Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Black-Eyed Susie, Bury Me Beneath the Willow, Cotton-Eyed Joe, Darling Corey, Deer Lake Polka, Little Rosewood Casket, Keep on the Sunny Side of Life, On Top of Old Smoky, Red River Valley, Shortenin’ Bread, Where the Soul Never Dies, Wildwood Flower, Angelina Baker, Arkansas Traveler, Cluck Old Hen, Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down, In the Pines, Little Willie, Soldier’s Joy, Train 45, Whiskey Before Breakfast, House of the Rising Sun, Muley’s Daughter, Poor Wayfaring Stranger, Rain and Snow, Shady Grove, Little Sadie, Swannanoa Tunnel, The Cuckoo, Wild Bill Jones, Man of Constant Sorrow, Tater Patch

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by Christian Wig                                                                   

CD $14.95   

Lost Indian: Fiddling on the Frontier is a representation of Appalachian fiddle tunes that embody the visceral expression of a mountain people and the revivalist tradition that shares their passion.  Stripped of polish and production, the tone is rich, yet raw--the resonance of bow on string, finger on gut.  A wonderful collection of tunes performed by Christian Wig, with Whitt Mead, Joe LaRose and Laura Lewis.

Customer Reviews:

"This collection of impeccably sourced tunes performed by veterans of the old-time scene is a terrific source for teachers of fiddling, fiddlers and banjo players." --Bill Hicks

by Wayne Erbsen

Book $14.95

Manners & Morals of Victorian America is a highly entertaining and funny book about the fashionable world of yesteryear. Drawing  on the wealth of late 19th and early 20th century etiquette books, it has almost 500 historic illustrations. The book details virtually every aspect of Victorian life, including the proper conduct for courtship and wooing, spinsterhood, duties of husbands and wives, how to deal with a rejected suitor, manners while a passenger on coaches, carriages, motor cars, steamships and street cars, woman suffrage, and much more!  7"x 10", 180 pages.

by Ann Chandonnet        NEW!!!

Book $12.95    

Step into our log cabin village and sample some authentic pioneer cooking!  From New England to Texas, from the Appalachians to Pike's Peak, pioneer cooks had to be tough and self-sufficient--able to whip up hearty meals with little more than an iron pot and a sharp knife.  Recipes range from Chisholm Trail Chili to Appalachian Stack Cake and Grandma Cody's Applesauce Cookies.  If pioneer life has left you bruised and battered, we've included some curious remedies and questionable cure-alls.  This book is loaded with captivating snippets of information , recipes, vintage art and photos and much more!   5 1/2" x 8 1/2", 168 pages.