The Coffin Quilt (21 page)

Waller, Altina L.
Feud: Hatfields, McCoys, and Social Change in Appalachia, 1860–1900.
Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina Press, 1988.

Wigginton, Eliot, ed.
The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing, Moonshining and Other Affairs of Plain Living.
New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1972.

———. Foxfire 2: Ghost Stories, Spring Wild Plant Foods, Spinning and Weaving, Midwifing, Burial Customs, Com Shuckin's, Wagon Making and More Affairs of Plain Living.
New York, N.Y.: Anchor Books/Doubleday, 1973.

———. Foxfire 3: Animal Care, Banjos and Dulcimers, Hide Tanning, Summer and Fall Wild Plant Foods, Butter Chums, Ginseng, and Still More Affairs of Plain Living.
New York, N.Y.: Anchor Books, 1975.

———. Foxfire
4:
Water Systems, Fiddle Making, Logging, Gardening, Sassasfras Tea, Wood Carving, and Further Affairs of Plain Living.
New York, N.Y.: Anchor Books, 1977.

———. Foxfire 6: Shoemaking, Gourd Banjos and Song Bows, One Hundred Toys and Games, Wooden Locks, a Water-powered Sawmill, and Other Affairs of Just Plain Living.
New York, N.Y.: Anchor Books/Doubleday, 1980.

Wiggingon, Eliot, and Margie Bennett, eds.
Foxfire 9: General Stores, the Jud Nelson Wagon, a Praying Rock, a Catawban Indian Potter, and Haint Tales, Quilting, Home Cures, and the Log Cabin Revisited.
New York, N.Y.: Anchor Books/Doubleday, 1986.

Ann Rinaldi is an avid researcher and history buff as well as the author of many novels for teens. Best known for her skill in bringing history vividly to life, she has received numerous starred reviews and awards. Her most recent novels for Harcourt are
Cast Two Shadows
(1998), an IRA Notable Book for a Global Society, and
An Acquaintance with Darkness
(1997), an ALA Best Book for Young Adults.

Ms. Rinaldi has two grown children and lives with her husband in central New Jersey.