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A place of dramatic contrasts, Vermont has a rich and provacative history. The thousand-plus entries in this encyclopedia presents an up-to-date and coprehensive collection of information on the Green Mountain State drawn from the most recent research available.

JOHN J. DUFFY of Isle La Motte is Emeritus Professor of English and Humanities at Johnson State College. He is the author and editor of several books and numerous articles on topics in American and especially Vermont literary and cultural history. He was the chief editor of Ethan Allen and His Kin: Correspondence, 1772-1819 (1998), which the Vermont Book Professionals Association named the Best Non-Fiction Vermont book for 1998.

SAMUEL B. HAND of Burlington, Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Vermont, was named "Dean of Vermont Historians" by the Rutland Herald in 1999. He was the President of the Vermont Historical Society and is the author and editor of many articles and books on Vermont history, including Vermont Voices (1999) and The Star that Set: The Vermont Republication Party, 1854-1974 (2002).

RALPH H. ORTH of Shelburne is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Vermont. He was chief editor of The Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson (1976-82) and The Poetry Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson (1978-80). He was an editor of Ethan Allen and His Kin: Correspondence, 1772-1819 (1998).