by Desmond Peeples | Jan 27, 2020
WILLIAM CZAR BRADLEY II & BROOKS MEMORIAL LIBRARY A Brattleboro Words Trail Site William Czar Bradley II & Brooks Memorial Library: Downtown Brattleboro William Czar Bradley II, grandson of the famous jurist and poet from Westminster, was the first library...
by Desmond Peeples | Jan 23, 2020
JEMIMA SAWTELLE A Brattleboro Words Trail Site Jemima Sawtelle: Vernon, VT The “indomitable” Jemima Sawtelle (1723-1805) was a young woman in Putney, Vermont, when her misfortune began. First her husband was killed in a skirmish with the local Abenaki people, then the...
by Desmond Peeples | Jan 23, 2020
TASHA TUDOR A Brattleboro Words Trail Site Tasha Tudor:Marlboro, VT Mother Goose herself lived in the hills of Southern Vermont—no, not the imaginary Mother Goose of old European lore, but Tasha Tudor, the prolific children’s book illustrator born in Boston and best...
by Desmond Peeples | Jan 17, 2020
HARPER LEE A Brattleboro Words Trail Site Harper Lee:West Brattleboro, VT Nelle Harper Lee (April 28, 1926 – February 19, 2016), author of the classic of American literature, To Kill a Mockingbird, has ties to West Brattleboro that are still currently under...
