The complete online text of Marco Paul's Voyages and Travels; Vermont by Jacob Abbott.

Jacob Abbott (14 November 1803-31 October 1879), known today primarily for his juvenile works, was born and raised in Hallowell, Maine. After graduating from Bowdoin College, he taught briefly at the Portland Academy, where Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was...

Jacob Abbott is remembered today primarily as the author of the "Rollo Books," the most popular fictional series for juveniles in nineteenth-century America. The books, published in two series--fourteen volumes from 1834 to 1842, and a ten-volume series...

Jacob Abbott, teacher, minister, and author, is often unfairly dismissed as a representative of the flock of didactic writers who responded to demands from the American Sunday School Union and the American Tract Society for pious fare for young children....

Royal Olympic Cruises has changed its mind at the last minute and will not sail the Olympia Voyager this summer from Houston, where it was scheduled for a yearlong run to Central America and Mexico. Instead, it is repositioning the ship in the eastern...

Annual travel show Touch of Class Travel will host its annual Voyages, Vistas and Visions Travel Show from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday at the Best Western Executive Inn, 4401 Peoria St. Airline, cruise and tour representatives will offer information and answer...