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John Brown's Abolitionist Legacy

Tuesday, 12/01/09 Noon and 7pm on Vermont Edition

By Jane Lindholm

AP
John Brown, 1857
150 years ago this week John Brown was executed in Charlestown, Virginia for treason.  President Abraham Lincoln called Brown a "misguided fanatic" for his raid at the Harper's Ferry in an attempt to free the slaves.  We talk to John Brown's biographer Louis DeCaro and local historian Howard Coffin about how Brown is seen today: his life and legacy, why he was so important to so many Vermonters, and why he's buried in the Adirondack Mountains. Listen

 

Also in the program, do ski areas inflate their snow reports? We talk to Eric Zitzewitz, professor of economics at Dartmouth College, about research which he says show some ski areas exaggerate snowfall totals. We also hear a response from Parker Riehle, president of the Vermont Ski Areas Association. Listen

And we read from your letters.

 

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