The Vermont Encyclopedia. Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.The Vermont Encyclopedia

The Vermont Encyclopedia's thousand-plus entries, the work of 140 contributors, present a completely up-to-date and comprehensive collection of information on the Green Mountain State. Drawn from the most recent research available, its subjects range from prehistoric settlement to events in today's headlines. It includes entries on famous and infamous Vermonters; features of the physical landscape; political, economic, and social history; organizations such as the 251 Club; and tidbits about Vermont - for instance, nudism in the state, the Wasp (the only car ever made in Vermont), the fabled fur-bearing trout, and the invention of the jogbra.
Seven topical essays introduce the volume. These treat the geography, climate, and natural history of the state; offer an account of settlement from precolonial times to the present; analyze and discuss contemporary features of Vermont's demography, commerce, and culture; and describe the evolution and current structure of the Vermont Constitution as well as state, county, and municipal government. The essays are followed by the individual entries, arranged alphabetically. Supplemented by charts, maps, and photographs, The Vermont Encyclopedia will serve as the essential guide to the Green mountain State for years to come.

JOHN J. DUFFY of Isle La Motte is Emeritus Professor of English and Humanities at Johnson State College. He is the author and editor of several books and numerous articles on topics in American and especially Vermont literary and cultural history. He was the chief editor of Ethan Allen and His Kin: Correspondence, 1772-1819 (1998), which the Vermont Book Professionals Association named the Best Non-Fiction Vermont book for 1998.

SAMUEL B. HAND of Burlington, Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Vermont, was named "Dean of Vermont Historians" by the Rutland Herald in 1999. He was the President of the Vermont Historical Society and is the author and editor of many articles and books on Vermont history, including Vermont Voices (1999) and The Star that Set: The Vermont Republication Party, 1854-1974 (2002).

RALPH H. ORTH of Shelburne is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Vermont. He was chief editor of The Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson (1976-82) and The Poetry Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson (1978-80). He was an editor of Ethan Allen and His Kin: Correspondence, 1772-1819 (1998).