County courthouses around the country have always been the arbitrators of disputes and conflicts that arise in a community. As a trial lawyer for nearly 40 years, Peter Langrock provides a unique perspective on how such events can change both a community and the practice of law in general. His view emerges from cases involving such well-known figures as Leo Durocher, Pearl Buck, and John Zaccaro as well as the stories of ordinary people whose names mean very little but whose stories hold universal appeal.

Addison County Justice: Tales from a Vermont Court House

Langrock, Peter

Rules & Procedures

Paul S. Eriksson

County courthouses around the country have always been the arbitrators of disputes and conflicts that arise in a community. As a trial lawyer for nearly 40 years, Peter Langrock provides a unique perspective on how such events can change both a community and the practice of law in general. His view emerges from cases involving such well-known figures as Leo Durocher, Pearl Buck, and John Zaccaro as well as the stories of ordinary people whose names mean very little but whose stories hold universal appeal.

Legal History

Early one summer when Mimi Summerskill inherited $30,000 from her grandfather, she chartered a marvelous old 81' wooden racing schooner, took her 5 children, ages 10 to 22, and sailed the islands of Greece for 3 months. It was a decision that changed her life and the lives of her children forever. In Aegean Summer she tells the story of this family adventure, describing in intimate detail the excitement of this odyssey of hundreds of miles. With a Greek crew of 5 (who spoke no English), they traveled from island to island, visiting villages, finding ruins, dropping in at taverns, feasting, making friends, cycling, swimming. Aboard the Eva Maria, cramped but happy, they studied the history of Greece, its culture, mythology, politics; they read more than 100 books which stimulated endless discussions. It became, says the author, a kind of floating university. On one small island in the middle of the Aegean, Mimi fell in love with some land edging the sea and bought it. Afterwards she built a stone house there to which she and some of her family go a part of each year. Aegean Summer is above all about a woman daring to take her children on an extraordinary adventure, and about a loving family becoming even closer because of it.

Aegean Summer: A Family Odyssey

Travel

Summerskill, Mimi LaFollette

Europe

At a Bend in a Mexican River.

Sutton, George Miksch

Science & Math

Easy and delicious soup, salad, bread, dessert, and drink recipes from the popular restaurant in Vermont.

The Bakery Lane Soup Bowl Cook Book

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Mitchell, Marge

Sedgwick, Joan

Cooking Education & Reference

The first definitive account of one of the most critical naval battles of World War II in the pacific. Spring 1942: Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, America was reeling under the successive Japanese victories at Singapore, Hong Kong, the Philippines and more. Desperate to stop what was seen as an inexorable Japanese advance toward Australia, the weak U.S. Navy intercepted the large Japanese fleet in the Coral Sea. The Battle of the Coral Sea ushered a new era in sea warfare. For the first time ever opposing fleets used carrier-launched aircraft to fight each other. It was a fight that would determine the future of the war. Few writers can sustain the kind of exciting narrative that distinguishes this account of brave men fighting each other to the death. Edwin P.Hoyt is one such writer. In BLUE SKIES AND BLOOD you hear the frightening roar of the dive-bombers' engines, feel the concussions of explosions that ripped apart the mighty aircraft carriers from stem to stern, and smell the acrid odor of cordite and terror as tonnes of sea water rush into ruptured smoke-filled hulls. About the Author Edwin P.Hoyt is an eminent authority on naval history. He is a former Army Air Corps flying in World War II, a war correspondent and television producer.

Blue Skies and Blood: The Battle of the Coral Sea

History

Hoyt, Edwin Palmer

Military

The author recalls how he lost his hands in World War II, how he won two oscars for The Best Years of Our Lives, and how he has worked to help other handicapped veterans

The Best Years of My Life

Russell, Harold

Biographies & Memoirs

Featuring the life list index of North American birds, this notebook allows birders to keep a record of the sightings they make.

The Bird Finder's 3-Year Notebook: Revised and Updated

Eriksson, Paul S.

Nature & Ecology

This is the story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and the influence their summer home on Campobello Island had upon them. It is a personal history that examines the Roosevelts' background and traditions and explores their public trials, tragedies, and triumphs, as well as the frustrations and disappointments of their private lives. Campobello played a vital role in the formation of character for both Franklin and Eleanor, and provided them with physical challenges and emotional solace. It was at Campobello that Franklin was felled by polio, the most defining event in both their private lives and public careers. This story is peppered with anecdotes, personal letters, and the reminiscences of the aides, friends, and family who played important roles in their lives.

Beloved Island: Franklin & Eleanor and the Legacy of Campobello

Klein, Jonas

Historical

This is a charming and amusing history of contemporary Vermont told through stories about legal cases, some well known and others more obscure, that reveal the conflicts and dilemmas faced by its citizens and by their lawyers, prosecutors, and judges. These stories range in tone and mood from sad to hilarious. Included is the story of the milk strike of 1941, during which a deputy sheriff was killed. Another tale relates the conflagration that followed the removal of a stuffed brown trout from its honorary spot in a local bar.

Beyond the Courthouse: Tales of Lawyers and Lawyering

Americas

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Books by Paul S. Eriksson

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Addison County Justice: Tales from a Vermont Court House

Addison County Justice: Tales from a Vermont Court House

Aegean Summer: A Family Odyssey

At a Bend in a Mexican River.

The Bakery Lane Soup Bowl Cook Book

Blue Skies and Blood: The Battle of the Coral Sea

The Best Years of My Life

The Bird Finder's 3-Year Notebook: Revised and Updated

Beloved Island: Franklin & Eleanor and the Legacy of Campobello

Beyond the Courthouse: Tales of Lawyers and Lawyering