In 1883, wearing a sixty-pound suit sewn from leather boot-tops, a wanderer known only as the Leather Man began to walk a 365 mile loop between the Connecticut and Hudson Rivers that he would complete every 34 days, for almost six years. His circuit took him through at least 41 towns in southwestern Connecticut and southeastern New York, sleeping in caves, accepting food from townspeople, and ...

Manufacturer: Wesleyan
Written By: Dan W. DeLuca

Manufacturer: Heritage Books
Written By: Richard B. Marrin

Softcover booklet. 95pp. Not illus.

Manufacturer: Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Inc.

Classic work by Frances Manwaring Caulkins, newly republished by the New London County Historical Society. Includes a revised index and a new introduction, "The Life and Works of Frances Manwaring Caulkins," by Nancy Hathaway Steenburg.

Manufacturer: New London County Historical Society
Written By: Frances Manwaring Caulkins

"This is a kind of folk archeology that I love. In a nation now nearly catatonic from the ravages of suburbia, Leff does a fine job of recovering the lost memories, textures, rhythms, flavors, and feelings of authentic town life." -- James Howard Kunstler, author of The Geography of Nowhere "[David Leff] moved to ...

Manufacturer: University of Virginia Press
Written By: David K. Leff

Manufacturer: Infinity Publishing
Written By: Jean E. Perreault

Manufacturer: Xlibris Corporation
Written By: Vicki S. Welch

The years from 1690 to 1765 in America have usually been considered a waiting period before the Revolution. Mr. Bushman, in his penetrating study of colonial Connecticut, takes another view. He shows how, during these years, economic ambition and religious ferment profoundly altered the structure of Puritan society, enlarging the bounds of liberty and inspiring resistance to established ...

Manufacturer: Harvard University Press
Written By: Richard L. Bushman

Pequot Plantation tells the exciting story of southeastern Connecticut in early colonial days. The adventures of many early settlers are followed as they journeyed from England to Massachusetts and then to Pequot Plantation where they shaped the destiny of the new settlement. These families made an incredible effort to establish homesteads and create successful communities. At the same time, ...

Manufacturer: Research in Time Publications
Written By: Richard Radune

The history of the Jackson family, like many other African American families and individuals, is an example of those whose lives are threads interwoven into the history of this country. Much more than a family history, this history is written so that historical substance is given to the role African Americans played in the development of the life of our country. This fascinating story takes ...

Manufacturer: Heritage Books, Inc.
Written By: Alene J. Smith, Adeline J. Tucker