{"product_id":"it-happened-in-vermont-stories-of-events-and-people-that-shaped-green-mountain-state-history-paperback","title":"It Happened in Vermont: Stories of Events and People That Shaped Green Mountain State History - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Bushnell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom a cross-border Confederate attack to the underdressed men from Maple Corner, It Happened in Vermont looks at intriguing people and episodes from the history of the Green Mountain State. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearn why a militia sent to defuse a dangerous mob of striking miners ended up handing out their own rations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRead about the shocking \"ball of light\" that descended upon early twentieth-century Burlington, exploded--knocking a horse senseless--and then rapidly shot back up into the sky.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFollow two of America's founding fathers as they traveled through the state, revelling over the region's flora and fauna and recording their impressions of its residents.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscover what caused \"the year without a summer,\" when trees turned black and crops fell victim to intermittent hard frosts and snowstorms interrupted by short intervals of intense heat and drought\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRelive the terrible flood of 1927 that wreaked havoc in communities along the Winooski River and its tributaries, killing eighty-two people and washing away homes, bridges, and railroad tracks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMark Bushnell worked for a dozen years as an editor for Vermont newspapers, then turned to freelance writing in 2002. He is the author of Hidden History of Vermont and Discover Vermont! The Vermont Life Guide to Exploring Our Rural Landscape, and lives in Middlesex, Vermont, with his wife and son.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Bushnell worked for a dozen years as an editor for Vermont newspapers. Realizing that writers have more fun than editors, he began freelancing and since 2002 has written about Vermont history for the Rutland Herald, Barre-Montpelier Times Argus and VTDigger.com. He is the author of Hidden History of Vermont and Discover Vermont! The Vermont Life Guide to Exploring Our Rural Landscape, and was part of writing teams that wrote books about Lake Champlain and Vermont's bicentennial, and a biography of Howard Dean. He lives in Middlesex, Vermont, with his wife, Susan Clark, and son, Harrison.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45781414772780,"sku":"9781493041367","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/R2KL39E5Ff9781493041367.webp?v=1783587105","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/it-happened-in-vermont-stories-of-events-and-people-that-shaped-green-mountain-state-history-paperback","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}