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More About Vermont History . Recent Additions to the Vermont Historical Society Library BOOKS Allen, Patricia Chase, Hands in the Earth: Lessons from My Father. South Burlington, Vt.: Book in Hand Publishers, 2010. 317p. List $22.50 (paper). Growing up on a Randolph, Vt., farm in the 1950s. * Bathory-Kitsz, Dennis, Country Stores of Vermont: A History and Guide. Charleston, S.C.: History Press, 2008. 254p. * Bellerose, George, Forty-six Years of Pretty Straight Going: The Life of a Family Dairy Farm: The Wyman Farm, Weybridge, Vermont. Middlebury, Vt.: Vermont Folklife Center, 2010. 233p. List $25.00 (paper). Beardsley, William Henry, and Anna Hartness Beardsly, Letters, 1911– 1915: William Henry Beardsley to Anna Jackson Hartness before Marriage, Anna Hartness Beardsley to Lena Pond Hartness after Marriage and a Few Others. Brownsville, N.H.: The author, 2010. Unpaginated. Source: The author, 166 Jewett Road, Brownsville, NH 05037. List: Unknown (paper). Springfi eld, Vt., family. Benton, William, and Greg Hamilton, Through the Eyes of Custer I ngham: A Special Presentation of His Art. Basin Harbor, Vt.: Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, 2010. 45p. Source: The publisher, 4472 Basin Harbor Rd., Vergennes, VT 05491. List: $14.95 (paper). * Indicates books available through the Vermont Historical Society Museum Store. Vermont History Vol. 79, No. 1 (Winter/Spring 2011): 116–119. © 2011 by the Vermont Historical Society. ISSN: 0042-4161; on-line ISSN: 1544-3043 117 . * Blackwell, Marilyn S., and Kristen T. Oertel, Frontier Feminist: Clarina Howard Nichols and the Politics of Motherhood. Lawrence, Kan- sas: University Press of Kansas, 2010. 344p. $39.95. * Brookfi eld Historical Society, The History of Brookfield, Vermont. Brookfi eld, Vt.: Brookfi eld Historical Society, 2010. 272p. List: $40.00 (paper). Buckeye, Robert, GRACE Notes. East Middlebury, Vt.: Quarry Books, 2010. 11p. Source: Amandla Publishing, P.O. Box 431, East Mid- dlebury, VT 05740. List: $8.00 (paper). History of founding of GRACE (Grass Roots Arts and Community Effort), an art work- shop program for the disabled and elderly. Coffi n, Larry, In Times Past: Essays from the Upper Valley. Lebanon, N.H.: Whitman Communications, 2010. 120p. Source: Bradford Pub lic Library, 21 South Main St., Bradford, VT 05033. List: $19.95 (paper). * Davis, Jeremy K., Lost Ski Areas of Southern Vermont. Charleston, S.C.: History Press, 2010. 158p. List: $19.99 (paper). Eurich, Kevin, Waterbury: The Other Love of My Life: At the Crossroads of Route 2 & Route 100 in Vermont. Poultney, Vt.: Historical Pages Company, 2008. 138p. List: $14.95 (paper). * Goodwin, Neil, We Go as Captives: The Royalton Raid and the Shadow War on the Revolutionary Frontier. Barre, Vt.: Vermont Histori- cal Society, 2010. 293p. List $24.95 (paper). * Harold, Roberta A., Heron Island. Montpelier, Vt.: Station Road Press, 2010. 411p. List: $19.95 (paper). Historical novel set in Champlain Islands, Burlington, and Barre in 1903. * Hilferty, John, and Ellie Hilferty, Skiing in the Mad River Valley. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Publishing, 2010. 127p. $21.99 (paper). * Hudson, John W., II, and Suzanne C. Hudson, Scenes along the Rails: The Rutland Railroad: Rutland to Bellows Falls. Loveland, Ohio: Depot Square Publishing, 2010. 108p. List: $44.95. * Hunter, Robert, ed., Frog Hollow: The First 40 Years of the Nation’s First State Craft Center. Burlington, Vt.: Kasini House Books, 2010. 152p. List: $24.95 (paper). Lewis, Norman L., A Fifteen Minute History of Lyndon State College & Vermont Rural Education (with addenda): A Farm Boy’s Route to Lyndon. Lyndonville, Vt.: Lyndon State College, 2008. 20p. Source: Alumni Relations and Development, Lyndon State College, P.O. Box 919, Lyndonville, VT 05850. List: $15.00 (paper). McIntosh, Bruce M., A Brief History of the Vermont Copper Crafters, 1946–1951. Salem, Oregon: The author, 2009. 77p. Source: The author, 1339 High St., S.E., Salem, OR 97302. History of a com- pany located in Townshend, Vt., 1947–1951. 118 . Members of Beth Jacob Synagogue, Harrison Avenue Memories: Per- spectives on Beth Jacobs’ Past. Montpelier, Vt.: Beth Jacob Syna- gogue. 28p. Source: The publisher, P.O. Box 1133, Montpelier, VT 05601. List: $15.00 (paper). National Notary Association, compiler, Why Coolidge Matters: How Civility in Politics Can Bring a Nation Together. Chatsworth, Cal- ifornia: National Notary Association, 2010. 172p. List: $29.95. Essays by various authors. Pilcher, David B., and Michael G. Curran, Catamount Surgeons: Sur- gery and Surgical Education at the University of Vermont, 1804– 2008. Burlington, Vt.: University of Vermont, College of Medicine, Department of Surgery, 2010. Source: The publisher, Fletcher House 311, 111 Colchester Avenue, Burlington, VT 05401. List: Unknown. Sherman, Joe, and Martina Tesarova, Young Vermonters: Not an En- dangered Species. Montgomery, Vt.: Black Falls Press, 2010. 208p. List: $15.95 (paper). Contemporary biography. Strong, Cora Belle, A Teaching Journal, Fall Term of 1886: Miss Cora Strong, West Addison, Addison Co., Vermont: Sherman Academy, Moriah, N.Y., Essex Co. Vergennes, Vt.: John Strong Mansion Museum, 2010. Unpaginated. Source: The publisher, 6656 Route 17W, West Addison, VT 05491. List: $7.00 (spiral bound). Fac- simile of lesson book kept by Vermont history teacher. * Swainbank, Dan, Mr. Vail Is in Town: T. N. Vail, AT&T, and His Lyndon Legacy. Lyndon Center, Vt.: Lyndon Historical Society, 2010. 134p. List: $19.95 (paper). * Swett, Steven C., Josiah’s Journey: Chapters on the Life of the Rev. Josiah Swett, DD, Teacher, Preacher, Poet in 19th-Century Vermont. Hanover, N.H.: Bragg Hill Press, 2010. 121p. List: $24.95 (paper). Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Vermont Symphony Orchestra’s 75th Anniversary Commemorative Program. Burlington, Vt.: The or- chestra, 2009. 39p. List: $5.00 (paper). Includes essays by Tom Slayton, David Ludwig, Anson Tebbets, Jim Lowe, and others. * Zeller, Paul G., Williamstown, Vermont, in the Civil War. Charleston, S.C.: History Press, 2010. 190p. List: $19.99 (paper). ARTICLES Benton-Cohen, Katherine, “The Rude Birth of Immigration Reform.” Wilson Quarterly (Summer 2010): 16–22. Vermont’s U.S. Senator William P. Dillingham was at the forefront of immigration reform in the period 1907–1911. 119 . Heller, Paul, “Fred Bacon and the Early Days of the Bacon Banjo Company.” The Old-Time Herald: A Magazine Dedicated to Old- Time Music, 12, 8 (December 2010–January 2011): 14–26. History of company located in Forest Dale, Brandon, Vt., 1906–1938. Myrback, Margrit, “Bringing a Photograph to Life: The Story of Joseph L. Miner.” American Ancestors, 11, 4 (Fall 2010): 29–31. Family from Quebec and Vergennes, Vt. Hudson, Mark S., “Extraordinary Beast: In the Late 1790s, Matthew Lyon Served Vermont in Congress in His Singular Tough-and- Tumble Style.” Vermont Magazine, 22, 4 (July/August 2010): 59–61. Ouimette, David S., “Proving the Parentage of John Bettis: Immigrant Ancestor of Bettis Families in Vermont.” National Genealogical Society Quarterly, 98, 3 (September 2010): 189–210. GENEALOGY Lynn, Polly Knight, Drake Family Ironmen: From Otis Drake (1777– 1850/1860) of Bennington, Vermont to Mary Dell Drake Knight (1851–1926). Edwardsville, Illinois: The author, 2010. Various pagination. Source: The author, 108 S. Charles St., Edwardsville, IL 62025. List: Unknown (spiral bound). Vermont French-Canadian Genealogical Society, comp., Baptism and Burial Repertoire, Saint Mary’s Church, St. Albans, Vermont, 1847–1934. Burlington, Vt.: The compiler, 2010. 340, 25p. Source: The publisher, P.O. Box 65128, Burlington, VT 05406-5128. List: $45.00. _____, Baptism Repertoire, Saint Peter’s Church, Vergennes, Vermont, 1855–1945. Burlington, Vt.: The compiler, 2010. 305p. Source: The publisher, P.O. Box 65128, Burlington, VT 05406-5128. List: $40.00..
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