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Soft cover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing. 283 pages. A Softcover Original. Full of authentic Vermont characters, the author weaves a tale of murder, passion and intrigue against the backdrop of Vermont's political landscape. Signed by the author on the title page. As new Unread. From my smoke-free collection. Signed by Author(s).

Trade paperback. Condition: Very good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. [10], 138 pages. Illustrations. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Inscribed by the author to Senator Patrick Leahy. Inscription reads To a great Senator and Chairman! Thomas Davis. Thomas C. Davis was a trustee of the Vermont Historical Society from 1989 to 1993, Tom was deeply and intimately associated with state and local history. A seventeenth generation Vermonter, he was a keen observer of institutions, people, and events in his native community of Barre, many of which he wrote about in his first two books of memoirs: Out from Depot Square (2001) and Beyond Depot Square: More Central Vermont Memories (2006). Tom was the son of Republican Governor Deane C. Davis, he had many opportunities to observe Vermont politics up close. Among many accomplishments in a long career in government and public administration, Tom was the founding director of the Vermont Office of Economic Opportunity under Governor Philip Hoff; secretary of the Agency of Human Services under Governor Tom Salmon; state director for U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy; and regional representative for the U.S. Department of Labor under Secretary Robert Reich. In recent years, Tom took an active role in the rehabilitation and federal recognition of Barre's "Old Labor Hall"; conducted several oral history interviews with political figures of the 1960s and 1970s; was president of the Vermont Labor History Society; and was himself the subject of an oral history project by radio producer Mark Greenberg, who recorded many hours of Tom's recollections. Patrick Joseph Leahy (born March 31, 1940) is an American politician and attorney who served as a United States senator from Vermont from 1975 to 2023, and also served as the president pro tempore of the United States Senate from 2012 to 2015 and from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he chaired the Senate Appropriations Committee, the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Agriculture Committee at various points during his 48-year tenure. Leahy is the third-longest-serving U.S. senator in history. After Leahy retired from the Senate in 2023, Mayor Miro Weinberger announced that Burlington International Airport would be renamed for Leahy. Leahy expressed gratitude following the announcement, saying, "I am gratified that the airport where I took my first flight as a teenager is now well-positioned for Vermont's future. The corner of Depot Square was a major gathering point in the community. The granite sheds in Barre shut down at 4 p.m. By 4:45 many of the granite workers, having had supper, would arrive on the corner, ready for the evening. On warm summer evenings well over a hundred people would be milling around. Most of the men were union members. They outnumbered businessmen, many of whom owned the hundred or more stone sheds operating at the time. Especially in the summer, people would remain around the corner and on the street until after 9 p.m., and the streets didn't become quiet until after 11. At 8:50 each night, however, a loud horn at the fire station sounded the curfew, and everyone under sixteen years of age was expected to rush home â" and we mostly did â" though I never recall anyone ever being "fined" or "incarcerated" for failing to observe the curfew! Saturday night was the big night. Warm summer Saturday nights saw the street alive with people who had been shopping until 10 p.m. It was the only night of the week that many people had extra money. The occupants of the cars and trucks parked along Main Street were farm families from the outlying countryside for whom the Saturday night visit to town was the entertainment high point of the week.The "first show" in each of the three movie theaters ended between 8:45 and 9:45 p.m. Both The Paramount and The Magnet theaters were located within fifty yards of Depot Square. The movies attracted a large audience, especially on Saturdays and Sundays. When people left the theater after watching the first showing of the night, movie patrons swe.