Author: Charles Spooner ForbesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Vermont
Languages : en
Pages : 980
Book Description
The Vermonter
Author: Charles Spooner ForbesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Vermont
Languages : en
Pages : 980
Book Description
Finnigans, Slaters, and Stonepeggers
Author: Vincent FeeneyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Author Vincent Feeney, longtime adjunct professor of history at the University of Vermont, has written the first book that peels back the Yankee mythos and examines the surprisingly rich, true story of the Irish in Vermont, from the first steady trickle of colonial pioneers to the flood of famine refugees and onward. From Fort Ticonderoga to Civil War battlefields and up until the years after World War II, discover how the Irish arrived, survived, fought, labored, organized, worshipped, played, and managed to prosper. This is a surprisingly behind-the-scenes American success story that has never been fully told until now.
The Vermonter
Author: Historic Photos of Vermont
Author: Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 1618584472
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
Rolling green hills, cozy villages, covered bridges, maple trees—these are the images that have made Vermont. Residents and visitors alike appreciate Vermont for its old-time values that have steered clear of the modern world. Yet this image of Vermont has not come easily. Vermont’s old-time values have been challenged, tested, adapted—and even consciously sculptured. Vermonters have shown great creativity and adaptability in preserving the past while admitting the new. Integral to Vermont’s story of creativity are people like Ara Griggs, a one-man patrol who enforced state laws on 15,000 miles of roads. Or Gilbert Hastings, who put a toy whistle in every loaf to move bread off his grocery shelves. Or Philomene Daniels, who earned her steamboat pilot’s license to help keep the family business afloat—and was the first woman to do so. Historic Photos of Vermont tells the story of the nation’s 14th state in nearly 200 striking black-and-white photographs. Take this journey into the past and discover why Vermonters cherish the land they call home.
Rudyard Kipling in Vermont
Author: Stuart MurrayPublisher:
ISBN: 9781884592058
Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Chronicles the four years writer Rudyard Kipling spent in Vermont and discusses his work on "The Jungle Books," the family feud that forced him to leave the United States, his relationship with his family and friends, and other related topics.
Journal
Author: Military Service Institution of the United StatesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Bomber's Moon
Author: Archer MayorPublisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 1250113318
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The murder of a small-time drug dealer snowballs into the most complex case ever faced by Joe Gunther and his VBI team. It is said a bright and clear bomber’s moon is the best asset to finding one’s target. But beware what you wish for: What you can see at night can also see you. Often with dire consequences. Bomber's Moon is Archer Mayor’s latest entry in the Joe Gunther series and it may just be his best yet. Two young women form the heart of this tale. One, an investigative reporter, the other a private investigator. Uneasy allies from completely different walks of life, they work together—around and sometimes against Joe Gunther and his VBI cops—in an attempt to connect the murders of a small town drug dealer, a smart, engaging, fatally flawed thief, and the tangled, political, increasingly dark goings on at a prestigious prep school. While Gunther and the VBI set about solving the two murders, Sally Kravitz and Rachel Reiling combine their talents and resources to go where the police cannot, from working undercover at Thorndike Academy, to having clandestine meetings with criminals for their insider’s knowledge of Vermont’s unexpectedly illicit underbelly. But there is a third element at work. A malevolent force, the common link in all this death and chaos, is hard at work sowing mayhem to protect its ancient, vicious, very dark roots.
Vermont, a Bibliography of Its History
Author: Thomas D. Seymour BassettPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Vermont History
Author: Vermont's Woodstock Railroad
Author: Frank J. Barrett, Jr.Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467147664
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
"During Vermont's golden age of railroading, it was the smaller branch lines that were the most beloved by the people they served. Such was the case of Vermont's Woodstock Railroad, which faithfully served the daily needs of the local populace...Local author and historian Frank J. Barrett Jr. recounts the story of that proud line, its construction, daily operations, growth, triujmphs and eventual demise." -- back cover.