BHS e451-Daniel Griggs and "The Best Place On Earth"

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This week’s vocabulary word is hyperbole. In 1893 Daniel Griggs declared Brattleboro “The Best Place on Earth”. Griggs was half of a business partnership that produced a promotional real estate booklet claiming the town was “full of beauty, health and goodness.” Here's the story...

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