A highly readable, scholarly history of the native inhabitants and cultures of Vermont, covering the arrival of the Paleoindians, Abenakis and Iriquois. The authors examine how these cultures lived in Vermont for at least ten thousand years before the Europeans arrived, and what has been their fate ever since. This second edition contains thirteen additional years of archaelogical research including new information on the Abenakis and the origins of farming in Vermont.  (USE56, $25.95)