Restless Spirits and Popular Movements

<p><span style=color: rgba(33 33 33 1)>What is the Vermont Way? </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(33 33 33 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(33 33 33 1)>The term has been used to describe everything from the traditional way of making maple syrup to an ability to create something out of nothing. But this small state's story is also the tale of rebellious individuals and collective outbursts people and moments that have forged a unique path preserving traditions while changing with the times.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(33 33 33 1)> </span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(33 33 33 1)><em>Restless Spirits & Popular Movements</em></strong><span style=color: rgba(33 33 33 1)> revisits Vermont history through memorable events and people who helped create its delicate balance of sovereignty and solidarity political independence and mutual aid. It explores the evolution and values of the Green Mountain State through the exploits of revolutionary leaders and feminist pioneers activists and tycoons Vermont-born presidents progressive innovators and modern trailblazers like Phil Hoff Richard Snelling Madeleine Kunin James Jeffords Howard Dean and Bernie Sanders.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(33 33 33 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(33 33 33 1)>Recasting the state's dramatic narrative this new Vermont history reclaims many of the stories that have been lost or forgotten along the way.</span></p><p> </p>