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Publisher: [Montpelier?Publication date: 1912Subjects: EconomicsSocial problemsNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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Describes the geography, history, government, people, culture, and attractions of Vermont. ... Read more

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A colorful and informative look at the Green Mountain State
Vermont is one of the original 13 Colonies that was not one of the original 13 Colonies (Maine is the other one of the Mark and Luke of states).Officially Vermont is the 14th state and if you go check out the reverse of the Vermont quarter issued in 2001 you will see a sugar maple being tapped.When you get to the first chapter in Ann Heinrichs' "Vermont" for the America the Beautiful series you will see pictures of a sugar maple and the tapping of maple trees to collect sap.So, this is the third volume in this series I have checked out and the streak of having the first color picture in these books show the same thing as the state's quarter is intact.What more proof would you need than that to prove that something was iconic?

After the introduction the next three chapters are devoted to the history of Vermont.Chapter Two, "Out of the Wilderness" begins with the native of the Algonquin language group that settled the area and ends with Vermont becoming a state after the American Revolution.Chapter Three, "Growing Up," covers the 19th-century including native son Chester A. Arthur becoming the 21st President.Chapter Four, "Into the Modern Age," details the 20th century, when Calvin Coolidge became the 30th President.After the chapters on Vermont history the rest of the book covers the standard areas of a geography course.Chapter Five, "The Abundant Land" deals with geographical features, including the majestic old sugar maple in Dorset known as the Spirit of American that may be 400 years old, and Vermont's flora and fauna.Chapter Six, "Hills and Valleys, Villages and Towns," divides the state into the Northeast Kingdom, Central Vermont (home of the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe), the largest city of Burlington, Lake Champlain and the Lower Champlain Valley, the Western Slopes, and the Southeast.This is Heinrichs' best chapter, because you get a clear sense of how a state that is only 6,615 square miles in total area can have so many distinct geographical regions.

Chapter Seven, "Democracy at Work," is about the state's politics, such as the Freeman's Oath that all Vermont voters have to make and including all of the State symbols, from the State bird (Hermit thrush) and State tree (Sugar maple) to the State beverage (Milk) and State mineral (Talc).You also get the words to "These Green Mountains," Vermont's State Song since 1999.Vermont's economy is covered in Chapter Eight, "Making a Living," where you can add Ben & Jerry's ice cream to maple syrup as the most important things sold. Plus, Vermont was the last state to let Wal-Mart build a store and it was on the state's terms: it had to be in a city shopping center.Chapter Nine, "People Who Built Vermont," looks at the state's population, while Chapter Ten, "Food for the Soul," covers the cultural aspects of the state, from the poetry of Robert Frost and the paintings of Norman Rockwell to all the fun things to do on snow.

This look at "Vermont" is filled with full-color photographs, original maps, and lots of sidebars than focus on people like Ethan Allen and Stephen A. Douglas, places like the Green Mountain National Forest and the Shelburne Museum, and other interesting things like a recipe for Maple Oatmeal Drops and the song "Moonlight in Vermont."The back of the volume includes a Timeline comparing U.S. and Vermont state history, several pages of Fast Facts, and where To Find Out More from books, organizations, and Internet sites.Overall, the key aspect of these America the Beatiful, Second Series volumes is that they are really quite tourist-friendly. ... Read more

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Discusses the land and climate, economy, government, and history of the state of Vermont. Includes Internet links to Web sites. ... Read more

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Introduces the geography, history, government, economy, industry, culture, historic sites, and famous people of Vermont. ... Read more

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Kipling's relations with the United States. ... Read more

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Green Mountains majesty
Vermont is more than cheese, maple syrup and ski slopes. It is filled with enormous history and rich New England culture. This book will explain all that to you and your students, if you're a teacher.

The "Portrait of America" series is a wonderful introduction for pre-teens to the 50 states and to the places and events that shaped the history of the United States. This "Vermont" installment is particularly good. The book is broken down into sections like "History", "Culture", "Economy" etc., and each section is thoughtfully written and edited. The "History" section is especially good and is very inclusive, and details many of the Revolutionary War events.

This book, as well as the entire "Portrait of America" series, will prove to be a valuable teaching tool to all primary school educators. ... Read more

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Discusses the geographical, historical, and cultural aspects of Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire, using maps, illustrated fact spreads, and other illustrated material to highlight the land, history, and people of each individual state. ... Read more

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Provides an overview of the state of Vermont, covering its history, geography, economy, people, and points of interest. ... Read more

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Surveys the geography, history, government, customs, and people of the state of Vermont. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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Mark Twain once famously said "there was but one solitary thing about the past worth remembering, and that was the fact that it is past and can't be restored."  Well, over recent years, The British Library, working with Microsoft has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its collection of 19th century books.

There are now 65,000  titles available  (that's an incredible 25 million pages) of material ranging from works by famous names such as  Dickens, Trollope and Hardy as well as many forgotten literary gems , all of which can now be printed on demand and purchased right here on Amazon.

Further information on The British Library and its digitisation programme can be found on The British Library website. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more