Vincent Feeney
Author
Publisher
Images from the Past
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiii, 242 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
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 to up until the years after World War II: how the Irish arrived, survived, fought, labored, organized, worshipped, played, and managed to prosper . . . a surprisingly behind-the-scenes American...
Author
Publisher
Images From The Past
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
272 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
This is the first history of the Green Mountain State’s largest city, home of the state university, and commercial and retail center for a majority of Vermonters, and enjoyed by the Quebecois who live just across the Canadian border. It is a story that outlines the development of a small village nestled between a river and a lake that became one of New England’s urban jewels: the economic “engines” that nurtured the community; the various...
Author
Publisher
Windsor Publications
Pub. Date
1985
Physical Desc
263 pages : illustrations ; 32 cm.
Language
English
Description
"[Vermont an Illustrated History] demonstrates that although the faces of Vermont's inhabitants have changed, the qualities of self-determination and endurance so necessary in establishing Vermont's modern communities remain active features in today's Green Mountain state.
The text is illuminated with more than 400 vintage photographs, including thirty-two pages of brilliant color. Biographies of many Vermont businesses and organizations are highlighted...