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Book |
Author |
Dewey Number |
Description |
The Butler |
Wil Haygood |
92 ALL |
Biography of White House butler Eugene Allen
that inspired the Academy-Award nominated movie. |
Book |
Author |
Dewey Number |
Description |
O’ Artful Death |
Taylor, Sarah Stewart |
FIC TAY |
Vermont mystery writer’s debut novel—filled
with historical detail and art history. |
The Names of the Mountains |
Lindbergh, Reeve |
FIC LIN |
Vermont author Lindbergh writes a moving
story of family based very much on her own life. |
Into the Wilderness |
Luskin, Deborah Lee |
FIC LUS |
Author Luskin lives right in our back yard and
is married to a physician at Grace Cottage. She received accolades for this
debut novel set in 1960s Vermont. |
The Call |
Murphy, Yannick |
FIC MUR |
A engaging and quirky novel told entirely
from the “call notes” of a Vermont veterinarian. |
Go With Me |
Castle Freeman, Jr. |
FIC CAS |
Newfane author Freeman does not pull any
punches about the darker sides of life in Vermont in the black comedy. |
Lake Monsters |
Citro, Joseph |
FIC CIT |
Chester native Citro specializes in things in
Vermont that go bump in the night. Here he takes on Champ. |
Water Witches |
Bohjalian, Chris |
FIC BOH |
Popular Vermont author takes on the struggles
between developers and environmentalists, science and mystery while giving a vivid
portrayal of life in the Green Mountain state. |
The Price of Land in Shelby |
Alberts, Laurie |
FIC ALB |
A generational look at a Vermont family
dealing with the changes and struggles of rural life and the pressure from
the outside world. |
Bellows Falls |
Mayor, Archer |
FIC MAY |
Best-selling mystery writer Mayor’s book
about our neighboring town of Bellows Falls. |
The Fall of the Year |
Howard Frank Mosher |
FIC MOS |
Mosher eloquently writes of Kingdom
County—filled with Vermont history, eccentric characters and his
characteristic love of place. |
Proud to Live Here |
Ewald, Richard J. |
VT 917 EWA |
Non-fiction examination of the history,
culture and environment of the Connecticut River Valley. |
Idyll Banter |
Bohjalian, Chris |
VT 814 BOH |
Collection of author’s weekly articles for
the Burlington Free Press. Full of humor and pathos. |
In Good Hands |
Fish, Charles |
VT 974.3 FIS |
Saga of six generations on a farm north of
Rutland. |
The Town That Food Saved |
Hewitt, Ben |
VT 338. 197 HEW |
Tale of the transformation of Hardwick,
Vermont from a town down on its luck to the hub of the local foods movement. |
The Richest Woman in America |
Wallach, Janet |
VT 92 GRE |
Businesswoman Hetty Green lived in Bellows Falls
Vermont and was once the wealthiest woman in the US at her death in 1916.
This biography tells the fascinating tale. |
Full Duty |
Coffin, Howard |
VT 973.7 COF |
Noted historian focuses on Vermont’s role in
the Civil War. |
The Lepine Girls of Mud City |
Geer, Evelyn Grace |
VT 974.3 GEE |
Three Vermont women grow up, leave and then
return to their Vermont farm in this non-fiction. |
Mud Season |
Stimson, Ellen |
VT 974.304 STI |
There are many tales of transplants’
adventures and mishaps in Vermont—this tale of buying a country store is one
of them. |
The Southwest Corner |
Walker, Mildred |
FIC WAL |
A classic by Grafton resident and noted
author. |
A Stranger in the Kingdom |
Mosher, Howard Frank |
FIC MOS |
A powerful drama set in the Northeast kingdom
of passion, prejudice, and lost innocence. |
Daisy Turner’s Kin |
Beck, Jane |
VT 929.2 BEC |
Jane Beck’s fabulous examination of the
Turner family—from slavery to a life in Grafton. |
The Quarry |
Walker, Mildred |
FIC WAL |
Set in Grafton—this is a Walker must-read.
Considered one of her richest. |
Five Dollars and Jug of Rum |
VT 974.31 GRA |
The history of Grafton, Vermont, 1754-2000. |