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  • Vermont

    by Charles T. Morrissey ...
    For many Americans, Vermont still seems what the United States at least in myth once was--a bucolic landscape of wooded hills, neat farms, and handsome villages--before modern forces transformed our agrarian nation into an urban-industrial giant.Vermonters have long been respected as sturdy Americans who prize hard work, honest dealing, town-meeting government, and dry humor. Their way of life, ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • History of Oral History

    Foundations and Methodology

    by Rebecca Sharpless, Leslie Roy Ballard, Linda Shopes, Charles T. Morrissey, James E. Fogerty, Elinor A. Maze, Ronald J. Grele, Mary A. Larson0 ...
    Gathered here are parts I and II of the Handbook of Oral History, which set the benchmark for knowledge of the field. The eminent contributors discuss the history and methodologies of a field that once was the domain of history scholars who were responding to trends within the academy, but which has increasingly become democratized and widely used outside the realm of historical research. This ... Read more

    $57.99 CAD

  • Preparing the Next Generation of Oral Historians

    An Anthology of Oral History Education

    by Lisa Krissoff Boehm, Michael Brooks, Patrick W. Carlton, Fran Chadwick, Margaret Smith Crocco, Jennifer Braithwait Darrow, Toby Daspit, Joseph DeFilippo, Susan Douglass, David King Dunaway, Sandy Eades, The Foxfire Fund, Inc., Amy S. Green, Ronald J. Grele, M. Gail Hickey, Cliff Kuhn, Erin McCarthy, Marjorie L. McLellan, Susan Moon, Charles Morrissey, John A. Neuenschwander, Rich Nixon, Irma M. Olmedo, Sandy Polishuk, Alessandro Portelli, Kimberly K. Porter, Troy Reeves, Donald A. Ritchie, Marie Scatena, David Sidwell, Ronald Simon, Alan Stein, Debra Sutphen, Kathryn Walbert, Glenn Whitman, John D. Willard, 5th, Linda P. Wood ...
    Preparing the Next Generation of Oral Historians is an invaluable resource to educators seeking to bring history alive for students at all levels. The anthology opens with chapters on the fundamentals of oral history and its place in the classroom, but its heart lies in nearly two dozen insightful personal essays by educators who have successfully incorporated oral history into their own teaching. ... Read more

    $78.99 CAD

  • Handbook of Oral History

    by Rebecca Sharpless, Mary Chamberlain, Pamela Dean, James E. Fogerty, Jeff Friedman, Sherna Berger Gluck, Charles Hardy III, Alice M. Hoffman0, Howard S. Hoffman1, Elinor A. Mazé2, Eva M. McMahan3, Charles T. Morrissey4, Kim Lacy Rogers5, Linda Shopes6, Valerie Raleigh Yow7, Ronald J. Grele8, Mary A. Larson9, Richard Cándida Smith0 ...
    Originally intending to produce the first comprehensive scholarly reference guide to the antecedents, practices, and theory of oral history, the editors have gone even further, creating a highly readable and useful tool for scholars, students, and the general public. Covering the vast scope of this increasingly popular field, the eminent contributors discuss almost every aspect of a field that ... Read more

    $100.99 CAD

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  • Massachusetts Covered Bridges

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  • Haunted Bowdoin College

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  • Boston & Maine in the 19th Century

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  • The Man from Vermont

    Charles Ross Taggart Old Country Fiddler

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  • The First Thanksgiving

    What the Real Story Tells Us About Loving God and Learning from History

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    Foreword Book of the Year Award FinalistThe Pilgrims' celebration of the first Thanksgiving is a keystone of America's national and spiritual identity. But is what we've been taught about them or their harvest feast what actually happened? And if not, what difference does it make?Through the captivating story of the birth of this quintessentially American holiday, veteran historian Tracy McKenzie ... Read more

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  • Belmont

    by Belmont Historical Society ...
    Series series Postcard History Series
    Belmont, originally the upper parish of Gilmanton, was laid out by proprietors in 1765. The first settlers began arriving before the beginning of the American Revolution. It was not until 1790 that Belmont Village was settled, when Joseph Fellows built the first sawmill and gristmill. Shortly thereafter, a store, blacksmith shop, and post office became the nucleus around which the village of ... Read more

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