![]() ![]() ![]() Spanning from the early 1700s to contemporary times, the book is divided into three categories-""People,"" ""Places"" and ""Things""-all of which Citro, author of five suspense novels (The Unseen, etc.), classifies as Vermont's ""dark tales."" Straightforward, brief sketches feature such unique Vermont residents as James Johns, a newspaper publisher of the 19th century who put out his own hand-lettered, one-copy-only newspaper five days a week for over 40 years, or the ""Queen of Cupidity,"" mean, niggardly Hetty Green, who ""railroaded"" her husband into a poorhouse yet died at age 81 worth over $100 million. ![]() A hybrid of journalism and legend, this wide-ranging, well-researched collection of Vermont folklore consists of 31 tall tales, peculiarities, stories of the supernatural and modern mysteries. ![]()
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