Lights and Shadows of The Flood of 1927: Vermont at Its Worst; Vermonters at Their Best by Charles T. Walter. Photos Assembled by Zenas C. Jenks - 1928

LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF THE FLOOD OF 1927 Vermont at its Worst Vermonters at Their Best Cowles Press 1928; First Printing - May, 1928. An Excellent History with 120 photo-filled pages.

Vermont, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarto sized two-ring binder measuring 8.5" x 11". 64pp. 12 sepia toned photographs. Bowing on the boards, tears on the spine fold, and some creasing else about very good Signed by the author on the dedication page. A manuscript, including some annotations, for what would become Charles T. Walter's *Lights and Shadows of the Flood of 1927: Vermont at Its Worst; Vermonters at Their Best* published in 1928 by The Cowles Press. Walter compiled poetry, firsthand accounts, and 12 photographs to tell the story of the devastating flood that hit Vermont in the fall of 1927. A paragraph under a photograph of a burning bridge reads "Burning one bridge to save another: It was found necessary, in order to save the new iron highway bridge, over Portland street, to burn the old wooden Maine Central Railroad bridge just above it. It was a spectacular occurrence, and a big crowd stood in the pouring rain to witness it." Historically the flood is considered "the worst natural… Read More