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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 Public 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.