Sugaring Season: Stories from Thornton & Beyond

In 1953, a young Naval officer returned home to his family and fell in love with the girl who met him at the train.

"He'll tell you, if you stop to say hello, that he fell in love with her the moment he saw her, but she fell in love with him on the bridge." Katherine's voice had gone hoarse. "His face lights up like a boy's." - Kate Pease in Sweet Pease.

Thornton, Vermont's most enduring love story echoes through the generations that follow George Cartwright and Ginny Fletcher-from Walt and M...