This book is the first and most complete biography to be published about Henry Theodore Cushman -- his family, Civil War service, inventions, and manufacturing business in North Bennington, Vermont. H. T. Cushman Manufacturing is famous for the Cushman Colonial Creations line of furniture designed by Herman DeVries and also produced earlier popular designs including "rod and ball," mission style, smoking furniture, and American antique reproductions. Cushman patents cover a wide range of products and span the time period of late 1800s to mid-1900s.