Frank Bryan,
a political scientist at the University
of Vermont, is known throughout New England both as a humorist and a
serious
scholar. Among the books he has written
are Real Democracy: The New England Town Meeting and How It Works;
The Vermont Papers; and The Vermont Owner’s Manual.
He has been chosen “one of New
England’s leading humorists” by Yankee magazine;
and the Boston
Globe credited him with writing “one of the most original
political
analyses ever written about New England.” Nationally his work has
drawn
the attention of such publications as the New York Times,
Newsweek,
and the Los Angeles Times.
He has
appeared on CBS’s Sunday Morning,
the NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, and more recently with
Brian Williams, Fox’s The O’Reilly Factor, Bill
Moyers’ The
Public Mind, and featured in Ted Turner’s Portrait
of
America film series.
Bryan is a
former Golden Gloves boxer (Vermont and
Connecticut) and rodeo bull rider (Montana). His current
interests
include hunting, fishing, and trapping; oxen; stamp collecting; and
poker.
| Scholarly
Books: |
Other Books: |
| Politics
in the Rural States |
Real
Vermonters Don't Milk Goats |
| Yankee
Politics in Rural Vermont |
The Very
Latest Vermont Quiz Book |
| Readings in
American Government |
The Vermont
Quiz Book |
| Out! The
Vermont Secession Book |
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| Out of Order |
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| All Those in
Favor: |
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| Mailing
Address: |
Website: |
| 503 Old Mill,
UVM, Burlington, VT 05405 |
www.uvm.edu/~fbryan |
| Education: |
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| B.A.
St. Michael's College |
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| M.A.
University of Vermont |
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| Ph.D.
University of Connecticut |