This installment is a product of my recent completion of Forever Calais. Yesterday I finished Mark Bushnell's Hidden History of Vermont. As I begin to more and more consider life after-Vermont, it's not at all surprising that I begin to reflect upon my time in Vermont. All of the chapters are four pages long, and they provide an amusing introduction to a number of peculiarities related to this decidedly peculiar state. Some of the stories I knew, but many I didn't. For instance, I knew that someone had "finished" The Mystery of Edwin Drood by channeling the spirit of Charles Dickens, I just didn't know, or didn't make the connection because I first heard about it before I moved to Vermont, that it was Thomas P. James from Brattleboro. I'd also forgotten the Vermont connection to the stories of William and Horatio Eddy and their spiritualism. The story of the rich and famous who frequented Neshobe Island was kookier than I realized. Anyway, it didn't change my life for the better, but Bushnell's Hidden History of Vermont was definitely a fun summer book to read.
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