Vermont People

Vermont People
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 136
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ISBN-10 : 0962806463
ISBN-13 : 9780962806469
Rating : 4/5 (63 Downloads)

Synopsis Vermont People by : Peter Miller

Photographs and text about native Vermonters discussing their life and the change they have seen in Vermont during the latter part of the 20th Century as the state turns from a rural, agriculture society. They are a disappearing culture. Recognized as a classic book on Vermont now in its fifth printing

Wetland, Woodland, Wildland

Wetland, Woodland, Wildland
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Publisher : University Press of New England
Total Pages : 472
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ISBN-10 : UCSC:32106015812081
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (81 Downloads)

Synopsis Wetland, Woodland, Wildland by : Elizabeth Hathaway Thompson

The first field guide to all of Vermont's natural communities

The People's Republic

The People's Republic
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Publisher : New England PressInc
Total Pages : 199
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ISBN-10 : 093305078X
ISBN-13 : 9780933050785
Rating : 4/5 (8X Downloads)

Synopsis The People's Republic by : Greg Guma

Plain and Fancy

Plain and Fancy
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Publisher : Quilt Digest Press
Total Pages : 103
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ISBN-10 : 0844226300
ISBN-13 : 9780844226309
Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Synopsis Plain and Fancy by : Richard Cleveland

Here are 45 quilts that tell the story of Vermont and its quiltmakers from the frontier days of the 1700s to the end of World War II.

My Brigadista Year

My Brigadista Year
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Publisher : Candlewick Press
Total Pages : 209
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ISBN-10 : 9780763698874
ISBN-13 : 0763698873
Rating : 4/5 (74 Downloads)

Synopsis My Brigadista Year by : Katherine Paterson

In an engrossing historical novel, the Newbery Medal-winning author of Bridge to Terebithia follows a young Cuban teenager as she volunteers for Fidel Castro’s national literacy campaign and travels into the impoverished countryside to teach others how to read. When thirteen-year-old Lora tells her parents that she wants to join Premier Castro’s army of young literacy teachers, her mother screeches to high heaven, and her father roars like a lion. Nora has barely been outside of Havana — why would she throw away her life in a remote shack with no electricity, sleeping on a hammock in somebody’s kitchen? But Nora is stubborn: didn’t her parents teach her to share what she has with someone in need? Surprisingly, Nora’s abuela takes her side, even as she makes Nora promise to come home if things get too hard. But how will Nora know for sure when that time has come? Shining light on a little-known moment in history, Katherine Paterson traces a young teen’s coming-of-age journey from a sheltered life to a singular mission: teaching fellow Cubans of all ages to read and write, while helping with the work of their daily lives and sharing the dangers posed by counterrevolutionaries hiding in the hills nearby. Inspired by true accounts, the novel includes an author’s note and a timeline of Cuban history.

We Contain Multitudes

We Contain Multitudes
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 358
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ISBN-10 : 9780735264229
ISBN-13 : 0735264228
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis We Contain Multitudes by : Sarah Henstra

An exhilarating and emotional LGBTQ story about the growing relationship between two teen boys, told through the letters written to one another. For fans of Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe and I’ll Give You the Sun. Thrown together by a zealous English teacher's classroom-mailbox assignment, notorious scrapper, Adam "Kurl" Kurlansky, and Jonathan Hopkirk, a flamboyant Walt Whitman wannabe, have to write an old-fashioned letter to each other every week. Kurl is a senior, an ex high school football player, held back a year, while Jo is a nerdy, out tenth grader with a penchant for vintage clothes and a deep love for poetry. They are an unlikely pair, but with each letter, the two begin to develop a friendship that grows into love. But with homophobia, bullying and familial abuse, Jonathan and Kurl must struggle to overcome their conflicts and hold onto their relationship, and each other.

Discovering Black Vermont

Discovering Black Vermont
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Publisher : UPNE
Total Pages : 234
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ISBN-10 : 9781584659082
ISBN-13 : 1584659084
Rating : 4/5 (82 Downloads)

Synopsis Discovering Black Vermont by : Elise A. Guyette

The search for an African American community in rural Vermont

The Story of Vermont

The Story of Vermont
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Publisher : University Press of New England
Total Pages : 253
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ISBN-10 : 9781611686869
ISBN-13 : 1611686865
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Synopsis The Story of Vermont by : Christopher McGrory Klyza

In this second edition of their classic text, Klyza and Trombulak use the lens of interconnectedness to examine the geological, ecological, and cultural forces that came together to produce contemporary Vermont. They assess the changing landscape and its inhabitants from its pre-human evolution up to the present, with special focus on forests, open terrestrial habitats, and the aquatic environment. This edition features a new chapter covering from 1995 to 2013 and a thoroughly revised chapter on the futures of Vermont, which include discussions of Tropical Storm Irene, climate change, eco-regional planning, and the resurgence of interest in local food and energy production. Integrating key themes of ecological change into a historical narrative, this book imparts specific information about Vermont, speculates on its future, and fosters an appreciation of the complex synergy of forces that shaped this region. This volume will interest scholars, students, and Vermonters intrigued by the state's long-term natural and human history.

A Lifetime of Vermont People

A Lifetime of Vermont People
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 208
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ISBN-10 : 097498907X
ISBN-13 : 9780974989075
Rating : 4/5 (7X Downloads)

Synopsis A Lifetime of Vermont People by : Peter Miller

Contains 206 portraits of rural life in Vermont as documented over 60 years by writer-photographer Peter Miller.