This is an entertaining "tall tale"; a good read (i.e., did not learn much, but had a good time going along on the adventure.) Like any good tall tale it stretches the imagination a bit. As a reviewer says on the cover, it brings to mind Mark Twain. Huck Finn touches on slavery--so too does the m...
I loved this book - a great literary read! This book can be easily divided into halves. It is written in 1st person by a grown man, Jim Kinneson, who describes his life growing up in the small rural town of Kingdom County, Vermont. The 1st half details the founding and history of the town, it'...
Waiting for Teddy Williams is a baseball story that reads like a great modern myth. It involves a young protagonist and baseball phenomena Ethan Allen, a boy from northern Vermont, who lives, eats and sleeps baseball. Allen whose namesake was a leader-to-be of the 18th century Green Mountain Boys...