copyright the Chronicle March 26, 2014 Winter Ready, by Leland Kinsey. Published by Green Writers Press. 85 pages. Paperback. $14.95 Reviewed by Tena Starr It was yet another cold and snowy March day in this cold and snowy winter of 2014, and Leland Kinsey’... More »
copyright the Chronicle March 5, 2014 Kidnapping the Enemy, The Special Operations to Capture Generals Charles Lee & Richard Prescott, by Christian M. McBurney. 325 pages. Hardcover. Published by Westholme Publishing, LLC. $29.95. Reviewed by Tena Starr It... More »
copyright the Chronicle February 26, 2014 The Problem of Slavery in Early Vermont, 1777-1810. By Harvey Amani Whitfield. Published by the Vermont Historical Society 2014. 140 pages with notes, documents and index. $19.95 Reviewed by Paul Lefebvre The asser... More »
copyright the Chronicle January 29, 2014 by Joseph Gresser BARTON — Vermonters have always had a yen for local entertainment. Most towns, including Barton, boast theaters that once hosted traveling shows that toured the country. Barton’s Memorial Building wil... More »
by Tena Starr This year’s Lake Region Union High School Winter Concert was something I would have paid money to attend. From first to last, it was spectacular. There’s such pressure on academics, but arts matter as well, and it’s something to keep in mind as ... More »
Uncommon Law, Ancient Roads, and other Ruminations on Vermont Legal History, by Paul Gillies. Published by the Vermont Historical Society. 2013. 414 pages with index. $24.95. Reviewed by Paul Lefebvre People who major in history in college often find themsel... More »
A Lifetime of Vermont People, with photographs and text by Peter Miller; 208 pages in hardback; published by Silver Print Press; $49.95. Reviewed by Chris Braithwaite Any Northeast Kingdom resident who picks up Peter Miller’s extraordinarily handsome new book ... More »
Reviewed by Joseph Gresser Fantasy novels generally fall into the pattern set for the genre by J.R.R. Tolkien in his Lord of The Rings trilogy. A group of men with swords, axes, clubs and other whacking and hacking implements go off to set a wrong to rights. ... More »
copyright the chronicle September 4, 2013 The Disenfranchised, Stories of Life and Grief When an Ex-spouse Dies, edited by Peggy Sapphire. Baywood Publishing Company, Inc., Amityville, New York. Paperback. 217 pages. $49.95. Reviewed by Tena Starr Some tim... More »
by Natalie Hormilla When Jan Caswell was growing up in Derby Line, she had no idea what sort of career lay in her future. Now, after 40 years of working with deaf people in a variety of ways, she’s created a book that introduces American Sign Language and dea... More »
Farms With a Future; Creating and Growing a Sustainable Farm Business, by Rebecca Thistlethwaite, foreword by Richard Wiswall, published by Chelsea Green in White River Junction, Vermont, 2013; paperback, 336 pages, $29.95. Reviewed by Bethany M. Dunbar Rebecc... More »
Children are Diamonds, by Edward Hoagland. Published by Arcade Publishing, New York, New York, 2013. 213 pages. $23.95. Reviewed by Paul Lefebvre What to think of a 30-something-year-old schoolteacher who got fired from his job in New Hampshire, absconded f... More »
