Biography of Civil War veteran Truman Naramore who was captured at Craig's Meeting House during the Battle of the Wilderness. After surviving imprisonment at Andersonville, Naramore returned to Vermont to become a successful farmer, businessman, and inventor, eventually migrating to California and its real estate boom.

The historic hotel in Boonsboro has endured war and peace, changing hands, even rumored hauntings. Now it’s getting a major facelift from the Montgomery brothers and their eccentric mother. Beckett is the architect of the family, and his social life consists mostly of talking shop over pizza and beer. But there’s another project he’s got his eye on: the girl he’s been waiting to kiss since he was fifteen. After losing her husband and returning...

The Mad River Valley show slices of daily life in the valley's five towns: Warren, Waitsfield, and Moretown, which lie in the river's path; and Fayston and Duxbury, on the valley's western slope.

Now reissued in a paperbound edition, this fine book is the work of a Vermont architect who spent many years studying the lore of his state and its early builders and buildings. These beautiful old Vermont houses--representative of native American architecture at its best--are illustrated here in over 140 photographs. Mr. Congdon traces the history of Vermont architecture from its beginnings to the 1850's --from the earliest log cabin to the stately...

"Since Burlington was first settled over two centuries ago it has seen the establishment of a rich historic and architectural legacy, much of which has been lost. The Strong and State Theaters, St. Paul's Cathedral, Converse School, Cathedral High School, and a neighborhood lost to urban renewal are just of few of the landmarks that still live within the memories of many who grew up in the Burlington area. The industrial waterfront, the clubhouses...

Describes the purpose, location, design, and age of a number of unique structures around the world, including the Tomb of Tutankamun in Thebes, Egypt, the Parthenon in Athens, Greece, the Temple of Kukulcan in Chichen Itza, Mexico, and Independence Hall in Philadelphia.