>My question is this? Can anybody recommend a basic level FoxPro book or other training material that isn't the (in my opinion wonderful) Hacker's Guide nor the standard Fox documentation?

Search GOOGLE for "Visual FoxPro Traing CD"; eg.

http://www.hallogram.com/keystone/visualfoxpro/index.html
http://www.fmsinc.com/videos/FoxPro/

I like the "informal" approach: bounce around, quit when you want.

(Disclaimer: Never tried any of the above).