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The book divided into chapters such as "Old New England Homes," "Sunday in the Country," and "Wild Flowers in Vermont," does indeed capture the true feeling of Vermont and America. Though the last pictures were taken in 1922, many of the photographs catch a glimpse of eras even before that. The interiors of historic houses, children in a horse-drawn cart, a timeless country road are all there, their charms as fresh as today. - from book jacket.
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In September 1960, at age fifty-eight, the author and his poodle, Charley, and riding in a three-quarter ton pickup truck named Rocinante, embarked on a journey across America. This chronicle of their trip through almost 40 states, meanders from small towns to growing cities to glorious wilderness oases. Providing an intimate look at one of America's most beloved writers in the later years of his life, this is a self-portrait of a man who never wrote...
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"The Travels of Marco Polo" is unquestionably one of the world's greatest travel books and the memoir of the West's most famous traveler. Composed in 1298, the book describes Marco Polo's travels across the entire continent of Asia and provides the only comprehensive travelogue of a European traveler in the East in the Middle Ages. Polo guides his readers through the farthest reaches of Asia, a realm of pigmies, exotic plants and beasts, fine silks,...
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This book takes readers on a leisurely journey through a bygone era with fascinating accounts of canals, corduroy roads, and turnpikes, waterwheels and icehouses, colorful road signs and their painters, circus folk, and more. Brimming with anecdotes about people and the times, this delightful narrative remains a milestone of Americana.
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The Library of America volume 84
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A collection of writings and drawings by writer, botanist, gardener, naturalist, and wilderness explorer William Bartram.
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Before New York Times bestselling author Bill Bryson wrote The Road to Little Dribbling, he took this delightfully irreverent jaunt around the unparalleled floating nation of Great Britain, which has produced zebra crossings, Shakespeare, Twiggie Winkie's Farm, and places with names like Farleigh Wallop and Titsey.
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Despite the fact that Australia harbors more things that can kill you in extremely nasty ways than anywhere else, including sharks, crocodiles, snakes, even riptides and deserts, Bill Bryson adores the place, and he takes his readers on a rollicking ride far beyond that beaten tourist path. Wherever he goes he finds Australians who are cheerful, extroverted, and unfailingly obliging, and these beaming products of land with clean, safe cities, cold...
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Robert Pinsky is Professor of English at Boston University and an editor of the weekly online magazine Slate. He is the author of many books of poetry and literary criticism. He served two terms as United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, 1997-2000.
This new paperback edition of Henry D. Thoreau's compelling account of Cape Cod contains the complete, definitive text of the original. Introduced by American poet...
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Boxcar children volume 57
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While sightseeing in San Francisco, the Boxcar children uncover a mystery involving fishing boats and sabotage.
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"[Vermont an Illustrated History] demonstrates that although the faces of Vermont's inhabitants have changed, the qualities of self-determination and endurance so necessary in establishing Vermont's modern communities remain active features in today's Green Mountain state.
The text is illuminated with more than 400 vintage photographs, including thirty-two pages of brilliant color. Biographies of many Vermont businesses and organizations are highlighted...
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