Download or read book Vermont Historical Reader, Vol. 1 of 3 written by Edward Conant and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Vermont Historical Reader, Vol. 1 of 3: And Lessons on the Geography of Vermont This book has been made for the boys and girls of Vermont, in the hope that it will both please and profit them. It has been illustrated with many cuts to hold the attention and interest of the scholars. Part I contains an outline history of the State and selections in prose and verse, illustrating the spirit and life of its people. The selections are mostly from Vermont writers. There seems to be a call for a work of this kind, for it is vastly more important to our children and youth, as rising members of towns and states, to learn something of their own town, county and state, than of any other or all others put together, and there can be no better preparation for obtaining a knowledge of our country, or the world at large, than through an acquaintance with the history of our native State. Children, while reading, will learn of important historical events without loss of time, develop a love for the old Green Mountain State, and thus become loyal to its memory in after life. There are sketches of the lives of great men, such as the Aliens, Governor Chittenden, and Judges Chipman and Harrington; and there are stories of common people, that show us much of what the early Vermonters really were. The material of this part has been drawn from many sources. Among them may be named: Parkman's The Old Regime in Canada, The Narrative of the Captivity of Stephen Williams, D.P. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.