Russell BeldingRussell Belding loves the smell of old books in the morning, or any other time of the day for that matter. His house is filled with more books than he will ever be able to read. When he was a teenager, he traveled by bicycle to every township in Vermnt. He has been coasting on that achievement ever since. He graduated in 1990 from Norwich University's Adult Degree Program under the tutelage of local legend Dick Hathaway. He has been researching the minutiae of Barre history for twenty years. He has been employed by the State of Vermont for nearly thirty years. He has a vast collection of pop music on various formats and can spot the anachronism in just about any TV show or movie that is set in the past, usually by virtue of the wrong song playing in the background. Aside from that, he doesn't consider himself to be too annoying. He lives in Barre with his wife, Lori, their two dogs and their cat. This is his third book. Read More Read Less