Nestled between Montreal, Boston, and New York lies a magic land known as Vermont. A state of the union, a state of mind, a state of grace, and a state of confusion and contradiction--Joe Sherman captures the beauty, the flaws, and the significance of Vermont in this raucous and at times irreverent history. During the last half-century, Vermont has evolved from a bucolic bedrock of conservatism to a rural theme park on America's cutting edge. Whether...