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Contents Acknowledgments [vii] Preface to the Paperback Edition [ix] Websites [xiii] Introduction [1] Notes [36] Works Cited [41] Index to Introduction [44] Facsimile of Mountain Homespun following page [48] Contents xiii Illustrations xv Part I. The Crafts 1 Part II. The People 37 Index 89 ILLUSTRATIONS between pages [16} and [17} Goodrich and the "Double Bowknot" Coverlet, 1943 William Leatherwood Family, about 1890 Goodrich .and Mule-Drawn Wagon Loggers on Laurel River, about 190I Goodrich, about 1890 Cottage at Brittain's Cove "The Library," Brittain's Cove Goodrich on "Fleet" Winding a Warp in Laurel Country, about 190I Laurel Mission School Goodrich Drawings, 1902 ''Weaving Cabin" at Allanstand Weaver Louise Payne Goodrich in Holderness, New Hampshire "The Blue Mountain Room" in the White House, 1913 Allanstand, North Carolina, about 19IO Carding and Spinning Contest, about 1913 between pages 30 and 31 Coverlet Patterns, 1930S Invitation to Tea at the Mather's Home, 1938 Wool Processes: Shearing Sheep and Washing Wool Wool Processes: Drying and Carding Wool Wool Processes: Spinning Wool and Winding Skeins Frances, Julia, and Chauncey Goodrich, 1938 ...

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