Vermont History
The Proceedings of the Vermont Historical Society
Vol. 73, Nos. 1 & 2    |    Winter/Spring 2005

Why Historical Fiction?
Katherine Paterson
5

Vermont Incorporated Villages:
A Vanishing Institution

Edward T. Howe
16

A Tale of Two Statues: The William Wells Statues at
Gettysburg and Burlington, Vermont

David F. Cross
40

The Buffalo Soldiers in Vermont, 1909-1913
David Work
63

Book Reviews

Roger Parks, Ed., Writings on New England History: Additions to the
Bibliographies of New England History Series (to 2001)

   Hans L. Raum 76

Jill Marie Koelling, Digital Imaging: A Practical Approach    Eva Garcelon 78

Benjamin D. and June R. Evans, New England's Covered Bridges:
A Complete Guide
   Jan Leo Lewandoski 81

David Allen, Early Maps of Brattleboro, Vermont, 1745-1912,
With a Narrative History
   Alfred Toborg 82

Zachary Karabell, Chester Alan Arthur    Woden Teachout 84

Joan Alexander, Mother & Daughter - Two Diaries of Glover, Vermont, Girls: 1894 Diary of Edith
Francena Aldrich, Age 14; 1922 Diary of Edith Alexander, Age 14
and Marcia Cowles Bushnell, Ed.,
A Little Girl's Diary: Life on a Farm in Rural Vermont:
Written by Alice Bushnell in 1911
   Lynn A. Bonfield 87

Mari Tomasi and Roaldus Richmond, Men Against Granite
   Mark Greenberg 90

Jeffrey R. Leich, Tales of The 10th: The Mountain Troops and
American Skiing
   William E. Osgood 93

Sylvia J. Bugbee, Ed., An Officer and a Lady: The World War II Letters of
Lt. Col. Betty Bandel, Women's Army Corps
   Ann E. Cooper 95

Frank M. Bryan, Real Democracy: The New England Town Meeting and How It
Works
    Paul Gillies 97

Ronald Jager, The Fate of Family Farming: Variations on an
American Idea
   Susan J. Harlow 99

Thomas A. Lyson, Civic Agriculture: Reconnecting Farm, Food, and Community    Tatiana Schreiber 102

Owen D. Gutfreund, 20th-Century Sprawl: Highways and the Reshaping of the American
Landscape
   Elizabeth Humstone 105

More About Vermont History
Compiled by Paul A. Carnahan
108


Vermont History
The Proceedings of the Vermont Historical Society
Vol. 73, Nos. 3 & 4    |    Summer/Fall 2004

The Joseph Smith Memorial Monument and Royalton's
"Mormon Affair": Religion, Community, Memory,
and Politics in Progressive Vermont

Keith A. Erekson
117

A Late-Nineteenth-Century Childhood in East Calais:
Recollections of Ida Clee Bemis

Transcribed by Judith M. Adams
152

When the Veterans Came to Vermont: The Civilian Conservation Corps and the Winooski River Flood Control Project
Thomas W. Patton
160

Book Reviews

Peter Benes, Ed., The Worlds of Children, 1620-1920. Annual Proceedings of the Dublin
Seminar for New England Folklife, Volume 27
. Marilyn S. Blackwell 190

Thomas J. Humphrey, Land and Liberty: Hudson Valley Riots in the
Age of Revolution
. Donald A. Smith 192

Joseph S. Tiedemann and Eugene R. Fingerhut, Eds., The Other New York: The American
Revolution beyond New York City, 1763-1787
. H. Nicholas Muller III 197

Kari J. Winter, Ed., The Blind African Slave, or Memoirs of
Boyrereau Brinch, Nicknamed Jeffrey Brace
. Jane Williamson 200

Fergus M. Bordewich, Bound for Canaan: The Underground Railroad
and the War for the Soul of America
. Raymond Paul Zirblis 202

Neil Dahlstrom and Jeremy Dahlstrom, The John Deere Story:
A Biography of Plowmakers John & Charles Deere
. Allen R. Yale, Jr. 205

Pamela J. Belanger, Ed., Envisioning New England: Treasures from
Community Art Museums
. Margaret M. Tamulonis 207

Jennifer C. Post, Music in Rural New England: Family and Community Life, 1870-1940. Edward D. Ives 209

Samuel B. Hand and Stephen C. Terry, Comp., The Essential Aiken, A Life in
Public Service
. Gregory Sanford 211

Susan Clark and Frank Bryan, All Those in Favor: Rediscovering the
Secrets of Town Meeting and Community
. Josh Fitzhugh 213

More About Vermont History
Compiled by Paul Carnahan
199

Index to Volumes 72 (2004) and 73 (2005)
Compiled by Reidun D. Nuquist
219

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