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Leicester, Vermont's Silver Lake: Beyond
the Myths $15
plus $3.00 S+H
Leicester Vermont’s Silver Lake:
Beyond the Myths takes you on a factual 200 year journey set on
Vermont’s remote Silver Lake. Follow common men and women as they pursue uncommon dreams.
Explore lively evangelical meetings in the mountains, and hints of
scandal nearby. Following a
cycle of pristine wilderness to vacation to hydroelectric source, back to
wilderness, Silver Lake is now a pastoral refuge in the Green Mountain
National Forest. Many photographs of a bygone era bring to life a
chronological tale that adds another link in the chain of true Vermont
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Dunmore's Lake $14
plus $3.00 S+H
Two area natives, James and Max Petersen, trace the
development of Lake Dunmore through the early years of glass
manufacturing, a century of hotel and resort rise and fall, early private
cottages, boys and girls camps, commercial ventures that have come and
gone, campgrounds and more recently year-round living.
With some 30 rare, old photographs, the book also
features natural attractions of the area such as the Cascades, Silver
Lake, and the Green Mountain Boy's Cave, Finally, it examines problems
facing the lake of over-crowding, pollution, and Eurasian Milfoil.
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Salisbury:
From Birth to BicentennialNo Longer in Print
An award winning town history that looks into
everyday life of a typical, 200-year-old New England town. The book
is a chronological account of Salisbury's rise, decline and rebirth. It
covers farming and the town's industrial importance as the site of the
first glass factory and one of the earliest iron forges. It also
chronicles a widely known resort business and the natural beauty of
Lake Dunmore.
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Otter Creek: The Indian
Road No Longer in Print
A historical account of Vermont's longest stream,
from pre-historic times up to today. Soldiers of four nations ranged
up and down this valley form the days of French occupancy to the War of
1812, followed by almost two centuries of development. Yet, today
much of the Otter remains a slow-moving, semi-wild stream, the delight of
canoeist and naturalists as well. |
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In Pursuit of the Shard Fortune No Longer in Print
A factual tale of a determined, young Vermont
lawyer whose client appears to have a legitimate claim to a sizeable
estate in London and a British country home. Salisbury, Vt. native
Columbus Smith spends years unraveling the complex case and later builds
his own estate in rural Vermont. |
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A History of Vermont Glassmaking
$16
plus $3.00 S+H
A History of Vermont Glassmaking provides a detailed
look at one of Vermont's earliest industries. Chartered in 1811 and
located on the shores of Lake Dunmore in Salisbury, the Vermont Glass
Factory was the first of its kind in the state and among the earliest in
New England. Follow its addition of a branch in East Middlebury,
failure and eventual return to join the Champlain Glass Company, which
expired in 1850. The art returned in the 1960's, when young blowers
began to open individual shops and then blossomed under Simon Pearce who
moved his company from Ireland to Eastern Vermont at Quechee in
1981. His handblown glass products have built his company into a
highly successful operation.
Besides following the rise, fall and rise again of the industry, the book
also offers several illustrations of surviving products and artifacts. |
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Seth Warner
$15
plus $3.00 S+H
Vermonters have long overlooked the contributions of
Seth Warner to the creation of their state, as well as to the new nation
of the United States.
Seth Warner's native Connecticut has been even more remiss in this
respect. U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman (D. Conn.) recognized the
fact some years ago and is quoted in the Congressional Record as saying,
"Tragically the accomplishments of this extraordinary American have
not been properly heralded by history, and I believe the time is past for
is to honor him." |
