Excerpt from The Reluctant Republic: Vermont, 1724-1791
This book unearths few hitherto unknown facts, proclaims no impor tant historical discoveries. It reassembles matters long established, and it is candidly parasitic in that its material has been drawn from a multitude of earlier annals and from the minds Of more erudite men.
The narrative has seemed worth retelling in the hundred and fiftieth year of Vermont's statehood, not only for its innate drama, but also for its possible significance in an era of despairing minorities. It has been the book's intention to lighten a shadowed chapter in American general history and to emphasize the implausible attainments Of a remarkable and independent people.
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