A world authority on covered bridges, Richard Sanders Allen provides a richly detailed account of these engineering pioneers, the tools they used, and their finished masterpieces. Allen describes foot bridges, latticework and double-decked structures, double-barreled bridges, drawbridges, and more, in locations from Maine to New Jersey. Enhanced with 150 illustrations, diagrams and maps, the text provides complete information on bridge location, length...

"On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travelers into the gulf below." With this celebrated sentence, Thornton Wilder begins The Bridge of San Luis Rey, one of the towering achievements in American fiction and a novel read throughout the world. By chance, a monk witnesses the tragedy. Brother Juniper seeks to prove that it was divine intervention rather than chance that led to the deaths...

"Beautiful color photographs showcase the aesthetic appeal of the bridges and the four-season splendor of Vermont. Entertaining and little-known historical anecdotes about the bridges and the ares around them introduce readers to local lore. For those who want to see the bridges for themselves, the book is organized into fifteen regional tours." -- from jacket

A group of people, all directly or indirectly associated with the relocation of a historic round barn to land owned by a Vermont museum, have an enlightening summer with relationships and life blooming and waning.

It’s summer in the city and passions are soaring along with the temperature—for everyone but Mitchell Fisher, who hates all things romance. He relishes his job cutting off the padlocks that couples fasten to the famous “love story” bridge. Only his young daughter, Poppy, knows that behind his prickly veneer, Mitchell still grieves the loss of her mother. Then one hot day, everything changes when Mitchell courageously rescues a woman who falls...

During the nineteenth and the early part of the twentieth centuries, New England's archives record that nearly one thousand covered bridges were erected but fewer than two hundred are left. While the majority of these bridges are in the states of Vermont and New Hampshire, wonderful examples of covered bridges can be found in all six of the New England states." The Evanses provide, for each of the 206 bridges in this book, the name of the bridge,...

"The 21st Century Junior Library Extraordinary Engineering series explains how important feats of engineering are accomplished. Bridges examines the engineering concepts that make these critical structures possible. Sidebars encourage readers to engage in the material by asking deeper questions or conducting individual research. An activity, full color photos, a glossary, and a listing of additional resources all enhance the learning experience"--...