Vermont Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff (Curiosities Series) - Softcover

Wilson, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0762746696 ISBN 13: 9780762746699

Publisher: UNKNO, 2008

Synopsis

A fun, accessible read for travelers and non travelers alike Vermont Curiosities is part zany Vermont guidebook and part Who's Who of unusual and unsung heroes, this compendium of the state's quirks and characters will amuse and amaze Vermont residents and visitors alike.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Green Mountain State has to offer! Whether you’re a born-and-raised Vermonter, a recent transplant, or just passing through, Vermont Curiosities will have you laughing out loud as it introduces you to the most fascinating characters in the Green Mountain State, and takes you places you never could have imagined some of them right around the corner! Among the stimulating sights and spectacles you’ll find inside:   Brattleboro’s annual Strolling of the Heifers
 Indian carvings that may or may not be prehistoric
 America’s only covered bridge museum (itself a covered bridge)
 The architectural wonder of the 32-room Wilson Castle
 The Bread & Puppet Theater, where sourdough follows politics
 The world’s largest marble museum, complete with forty-one carved presidents and an award-winning   bathroom

About the Author

          Author Robert F. Wilson has written 14 books and produced two instructional videos. He is president of Wilson McLeran, Inc., in Saxtons River, Vermont. Before spending two decades in career management, Wilson wrote and edited educational materials for McGraw-Hill,  Houghton Mifflin, Scholastic, and Macmillan.He received his B.A. from the University of Illinois. His graduate work includes study at the University of Chicago, New York University, Columbia University, and Fairfield University. He is a member of The Authors Guild and the American Society of Journalists & Authors.            Photographer Victoria Blewer left the chaos and clutter of New York City in 1986 to devote herself full time to fine art photography in the quiet hills of Vermont. She works entirely with black-and-white film, and then hand-colors the images. Her work has been featured in full-length photo essays in the Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, Vermont Life, and Vermont Magazine.  

         Foreword writer Bernard "Bernie" Sanders has been the junior United States Senator from Vermont since 2006. Before becoming a senator, Sanders represented Vermont's at-large district in the U.S. House of Representatives for 15 years. In 2015, the Senator announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in the 2016 election. This undertaking has kept him a bit too busy to think about the Foreword for the 2nd edition of Vermont Curiosities, but not too busy to offer best wishes for its success until he has more time. 

Edition details

• Publisher: UNKNO
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0762746696
• ISBN 13: 9780762746699
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240