Compass American Guides : Vermont [Paperback]

Don Mitchell (Author), Luke Powell (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 30, 1999 | Series: Vermont (Compass American)

Created by local writers and photographers, Compass American Guides are the ultimate insider's guides, providing in-depth coverage of the history, culture and character of America's most spectacular destinations.  Covering everything there is to see and do as well as choice lodging and dining, these gorgeous full-color guides are perfect for new and longtime residents as well as vacationers who want a deep understanding of the region they're visiting.Written and photographed by Vermont residentsThe best mountain and ski resorts, charming rural inns, and small-town bed-and-breakfastsHistorical background and literary excerptsBeautifully illustrated with spectacular photography, archival images, and historic paintingsDetailed color mapsBicycle tours, maple sugaring, summer festivals, and country fairsEssays on dairy farming, ghost spas, and the New England Culinary Institute

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Created by local writers and photographers, Compass American Guides are the ultimate insider's guides, providing in-depth coverage of the history, culture and character of America's most spectacular destinations.  Covering everything there is to see and do as well as choice lodging and dining, these gorgeous full-color guides are perfect for new and longtime residents as well as vacationers who want a deep understanding of the region they're visiting.Written and photographed by Vermont residentsThe best mountain and ski resorts, charming rural inns, and small-town bed-and-breakfastsHistorical background and literary excerptsBeautifully illustrated with spectacular photography, archival images, and historic paintingsDetailed color mapsBicycle tours, maple sugaring, summer festivals, and country fairsEssays on dairy farming, ghost spas, and the New England Culinary Institute

About the Author

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Don Mitchell was born in the Midwest and educated in southeastern Pennsylvania.  After college he spent time in San Francisco (as a hippie), in Los Angeles (as a Screenwriter) and in Greece (as a hermit) before moving to Vermont in 1973.  An obsessive carpenter, he has designed and built half a dozen buildings on his 150-acre farm, including the passive solar house where he lives with his wife and children.  A sheperd for over two decades, he has produced several thousand lambs and many tons of wool.  A member of the faculty of Middlebury College, he has taught literature and various creative writing courses, including workshops on screenwriting.  Mitchell is the author fo six other books including the novel Thumb Tripping, three "Upcountry" essay collections about life in Vermont, and a philosophic fable, The Souls of Lambs.

Luke Powell, a resident of Middlebury, is best known for his landscape photography, especially for his dye-transfer process prints of people and places around the world.  His images have been exhibited in museums and galleries in the United States, Canada, and Europe.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Compass America Guides; 1st edition (March 30, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0679001832
• ISBN-13: 978-0679001836
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,729,802 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best general guide to Vermont I've found!, February 2, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Compass American Guides : Vermont (Paperback)

Well-written and full of wonderful photos. Also full of quirky little facts and insider info. If you are looking for a good book to educate you on the best state in the union (I hope to move there in the next couple of years), then this it. You won't be disappointed. It blew away every other guide I looked at (and there are quite a few out there). As far as I'm concerned, Compass American Guides sets a new standard.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best introduction, June 26, 2001

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Larry Rudiger (Burlington VT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Compass American Guides : Vermont (Paperback)

I'd lived in Vermont for ten years before buying this book (for my mom's visit). It is an impressive presentation of the character of our state. True, it's short on the often ephemeral details you'll need for a trip (the restaurants, the hotels). But in a day when most of that's available on the web anyway. What you get instead is a thoughtful description of how the reigonal differences emerged--a level of detail mostly ignored by the standard descriptions.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Buyer Beware!, June 11, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Compass American Guides : Vermont (Paperback)

This book is only good for overall knowledge of small towns in Vermont; every little town gets a small paragraph's worth of description. It is not very helpful if you are looking to visit and need more practical information such as where to stay, where to eat, and things to do. While it does list some lodging and restaurants, it is by no means comprehensive and you're left to do most of the leg work yourself. This book, in my opinion, was a waste of my money - I had to buy two more Vermont books to get the information I was looking for. Even the town descriptions are too short to be really helpful. This is more of an "Overview of the Splendor of Vermont" book.