Author: John J. Duffy
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9781584650867
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
The definitive sourcebook for Vermont facts, figures, people, events, and history
Vermont People
Author: Peter Miller
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780962806469
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
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
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780962806469
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
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
Author: Elizabeth Hathaway Thompson
Publisher: University Press of New England
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
The first field guide to all of Vermont's natural communities
Publisher: University Press of New England
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
The first field guide to all of Vermont's natural communities
The People's Republic
Author: Greg Guma
Publisher: New England PressInc
ISBN: 9780933050785
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
Publisher: New England PressInc
ISBN: 9780933050785
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
My Brigadista Year
Author: Katherine Paterson
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763698873
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763698873
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
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.
Plain and Fancy
Author: Richard Cleveland
Publisher: Quilt Digest Press
ISBN: 9780844226309
Category : Quiltmakers
Languages : en
Pages : 103
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Quilt Digest Press
ISBN: 9780844226309
Category : Quiltmakers
Languages : en
Pages : 103
Book Description
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.
A War of the People
Author: Jeffrey D. Marshall
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9780874519235
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
The Civil War left no Vermonters untouched, and few families free from pain. More than 140 letters -- carefully selected from some 9000 in several archives -- convey in personal terms the combat experience of Vermonters throughout the war. Vermont raised seventeen infantry regiments, one cavalry regiment, three batteries of light artillery and three companies of sharpshooters -- nearly 35,000 soldiers in all. As a result of this impressive commitment, Vermont suffered one of the highest rates of military deaths of any Union state. A War of the People covers the war chronologically, with editor Jeffrey D. Marshall providing running commentary on both the war overall, and Vermonters' experiences. Supplemented with maps and photographs, it includes many voices -- from privates to colonels, mothers, wives, and best friends, young and old -- writing about battle narratives, camp life, financial advice, family matters, and much more. An African-American soldier from Hinesburgh, a French-Canadian soldier who enlisted in Milton, and dozens of others record their experiences in unforgettable words. Marshall's battlefront/homefront choice of letters provides a deeper understanding of the social and political dimensions that, although secondary to military concerns, were an integral part of Vermont's war years.
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9780874519235
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
The Civil War left no Vermonters untouched, and few families free from pain. More than 140 letters -- carefully selected from some 9000 in several archives -- convey in personal terms the combat experience of Vermonters throughout the war. Vermont raised seventeen infantry regiments, one cavalry regiment, three batteries of light artillery and three companies of sharpshooters -- nearly 35,000 soldiers in all. As a result of this impressive commitment, Vermont suffered one of the highest rates of military deaths of any Union state. A War of the People covers the war chronologically, with editor Jeffrey D. Marshall providing running commentary on both the war overall, and Vermonters' experiences. Supplemented with maps and photographs, it includes many voices -- from privates to colonels, mothers, wives, and best friends, young and old -- writing about battle narratives, camp life, financial advice, family matters, and much more. An African-American soldier from Hinesburgh, a French-Canadian soldier who enlisted in Milton, and dozens of others record their experiences in unforgettable words. Marshall's battlefront/homefront choice of letters provides a deeper understanding of the social and political dimensions that, although secondary to military concerns, were an integral part of Vermont's war years.
We Contain Multitudes
Author: Sarah Henstra
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0735264228
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0735264228
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
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
Author: Elise A. Guyette
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 1584659084
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
The search for an African American community in rural Vermont
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 1584659084
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
The search for an African American community in rural Vermont
Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont
Author: Hiram Carleton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Vermont
Languages : en
Pages : 1070
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Vermont
Languages : en
Pages : 1070
Book Description
The Vermont Encyclopedia
Author: John J. Duffy
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9781584650867
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
The definitive sourcebook for Vermont facts, figures, people, events, and history
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9781584650867
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
The definitive sourcebook for Vermont facts, figures, people, events, and history