Vermont is part of the America the Beautiful – third series. Reading it was almost like reading  a travel brochure or going on a mini-vacation, if you like to visit all of the museums to find out about the history of a place. But plan your trip well, because “instead of the normal four seasons, they have usual winter, winter, still winter, and mud season.” (pg. 18)  Vermont is more rural than urban and they still gather on the first Tuesday in March, throughout the state, for Town Meeting Day.  The WOW sidebars were quite interesting – “In 2007, there were 20 American cities with larger populations than the entire state of Vermont!” (pg. 73)

This book is so all inclusive it will make the hardest part about writing a state report ‘what not to include’. The book is divided into: Land, First People, Exploration and Settlement, Growth and Change, More Modern Times, People, Government, Economy, Travel Guide, and Project Room.

Reading this book was almost as enjoyable as eating some of Vermont’s famous BEN & JERRY’S Ice Cream.