Visit'n: conversations with Vermonters

Tale of two sisters.

Stresses and strains of everyday life in a close-knit farm neighborhood.

Perk Flint's right-hand man.

Repair and repartee: The reminiscences of handyman Alden Bettis

River of memory: Abenaki elder and storyteller Mali Keating

A house full of homespun verse: The Shippee family of West Dover

The real guide to Braintree : Tales of Perkins Flint

From Private to POW : Cliff Austin of Vergennes retraces his harrrowing World War II saga

The measure of a man: the life and character of former slave Alec Turner as told by his daughter Daisy and his grandson Bruce

A lot of living on Walden Mountain: Three intrepid sisters recall their roots in the northern wilds

Four-legged wonders: Amazing animal tales from the VFC archives.

Selection of narratives on public and community service representing many different issues and fields of endeavor throughout the state.

Pathfinders: Two Vermonters who charted the course of change in health care practive and environmental policy

Carving out a new life: B. Amore realizes her bold vision for an international stoneworking and sculpture center in Vermont

Called to action: Rita McCaffrey's and Bill Markle's ethos of service

At the 'table of community responsibility': The activist careers of Sister Elizabeth Candon and Sister Janice Ryan

Making things better: Vermont-style altruism and activism

The healing hands of Otis Brickett: the gift of second sight

Pitching in: community volunteerism, old and new.

Conversations with several Vermonters about the pleasures and challenges of carrying on a family business.

Last of the Lakemen - The late Marty Fisher, whose restored vessell is now a museum piece claimed, "You could blindfold me and take me on the thing and it she was under steam, I'd know what it was"

Blocks of Ice, Pounds of Potatoes - Ned Handy grew up aas a "foreigner" in the Northeast Kingdom, but by persistence, hard work, and support from his family, he succeeded in two widely varying enterprises.

The Back Porch Telephone Company - The ups and downs of a once-tiny rural business in the Mad River Valley, from the days of crank phones and operators to the Internet and cable TV era, are recalled by its founder's daughter

All in a Day's Work - Some colorful tales of how business and personal life are intertwined in rural society

Selling Tradition - When the founder of the Vermont Country Store in Weston truned his back on the New York publishing world to return to his roots, he created a successful and enduring temple to nostalgia.

Interviews with a mix of Vermonters - from a legendary woodsman/sawyer to game wardens to Abenaki herbalists - whose lives revolve around the natural world.

Women in the Woods - In today's society, more and more females are hunting and fishing - outdoor activities that once were considered the sole province of mailes. Herewith, four such stories.

Taproots - Two Vermonter's efforts to reconnect with their Abenaki heritage through communion with the natural world

The Life and Times of Buck Heath, Woodsman - "Ever since I was nine, ten years old, I worked in the woods," he says, doing everything from logging and sawmilling to digging for "gingseng" and replanting ladyslippers

"How's the Fishing?" The Adventures of Vermont GAme Wardens - Two modern-day Sheriffs of Nottingham reveal their methods of nabbing poachers; they "philosophize" about their work and the role that "invisibility" plays in it

Blazing and Building the Long Trail with Snickersnee, Axe and Humor - Roy Buchanan's sons recall their father's thirty-seven years of dedicated trail cutting, shelter building, and storytelling on the long-distance hiking path from Massachusetts to Quebec.

A collection of tales about Canadian/Vermont border life and culture.

The rum-running game: two retired bootleggers swap Prohibition-era smuggling tales

The greener pastures of the Green Mountain State: John Louis Rainville recalls growing up on a border-area farm in northern Vermont

Transplanting traditions: the Pellerin sisters share perspectives on the experience of preserving their French Canadian heritage

Dividing line, divided lives: selected narratives, spanning more than a century, that explore the meaning of borders

Bootlegging, brothels, and boarder patrols: everyday commerce on the Canadian line

North American passage: the 19th-century odyssey of an Abenaki family

On guard: unexpected dramas and dilemmas for Vermont border agents.

Thompson's Point memories.

Up on Bromley's Mountain Farm.

The spirit of Beecher Falls.

Big band sound in small town Vermont.

Vermont's songcatcher.

Randolph's resilient Chandler Music Hall.

Culture and community.

Memories of mud season minstrel shows.

Contras, squares, and rounds.

Pageantry and pranks.