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Vermont. . . Who Knew? is a nonfiction travel book, including both serious and humorous content. It comprises nine chapters-one with a state-wide focus and eight regional chapters. The result: 125 or so profiles, essays, and anecdotes encompassing the most unique people, places, and events-both past and present-the Green Mountain State has to offer. The product is a perfect-bound, 6.14" x 9.21", 256-page book (~65, 000 words), in color and including 75 photos and nine full-page chapter-opener maps. The Foreword was written by U. S. Senator Bernie Sanders. Wilson McLeran, Inc. is the publisher.
One unique feature: Roughly 70 percent of the entries are followed by references to one or more short YouTube videos, providing additional-and often dramatic-sight-and-sound coverage based on the topics immediately preceding. No URLs are necessary. Videos are accessed with a single click after the three- or four-word citation title is entered into the YouTube search box. Pairing the book's words with a PC or mobile device, then, transforms Vermont. . . Who Knew? from merely a good read to an unforgettable multimedia experience!
Another feature: For families with time constraints of one kind or another, a single back-of-the-book appendix serves as a two-dimensional global positioning system. Locations for many of the book's entries are on four well-traveled Vermont roads (two east-west and two north-south)-all within ten miles of any one of the highways. Based on preferences, this offers an opportunity to easily organize one- or two-day itineraries.
About the author
Author of 14 books; producer and scriptwriter of two educational videos. Editorial and management background with McGraw-Hill, Houghton Mifflin, Macmillan, Time Inc., and Scholastic. Graduate of University of Illinois, with additional coursework at NYU, Columbia, University of Chicago and Fairfield University. Member of Authors Guild, American Society of Journalists & Authors, and LinkedIn.
