Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Bill Lewis

Manchester, Vermont & Murder Most Foul!...(or not.) This is one of those "small history" titles that are such a delight to discover and that simultaneously entertain and enlighten. And who doesn't love a true murder mystery tale that features ghostly specters and villagers in a frenzied search for evidence that may (or may not) be found "where the potatoes don't freeze." University of Massachusetts histor... read more>>>

Northshire Bookstore Review
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This quite readable history of a typical Vermont town stresses the untypical aspects of Dorset. Tyler Resch focuses on five topics that are of special distinction to Dorset: the four Dorset Conventions of 1775-1776; the political maneuvers that resulted in the Mt. Tabor Leg; Dorset's status as the site of the first marble quarry on the continent; the "summer people" phenomenon and a tradition of arts and artists.

Northshire Bookstore Review
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This important writer spent most of her adult life in Arlington, Vermont, although she grew up in the Midwest. Fisher was a novelist, journalist, member of the Book-of-the-Month Club editorial board, fighter for women's and children's rights, and a champion of the educational theories of Maria Montessori. This biography introduces an unusual, spirited woman who became the author of classics like Understood Betsy.