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

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

Spanning the shores of Connecticut and Long Island, New York, the Long Island Sound is one of the most picturesque places in North America. From the discovery of the Sound in 1614, to the adventures of Captain Kidd, to the sinking of the Lexington in the sound in 1840, the Long Island Sound also holds a unique place in American history. The Long Island Sound traces ...

Manufacturer: NYU Press
Written By: Marilyn Weigold

Manufacturer: Heritage Books
Written By: Jeanne Majdalany, Edith M. Wicks

Westport, Connecticut is the compelling story of how and why this beautiful New England town took roots and, through the generations, has become the home of diverse, creative, loyal and talented people who have made it one of America's leading suburbs at the outset of the 21st century.

Manufacturer: Greenwood Press
Written By: Woody Klein

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

Manufacturer: Genealogical Publishing Company
Written By: Donald Lines Jacobus, Kate S. Curry

Spanning nearly the first two hundred years of the republic, this well-crafted and meticulously researched work chronicles the history of a single strand of family through seven generations. Peter Haring Judd draws on a treasure trove of letters, photographs, and genealogical records to present the rich and colorful stories of members of the Haring, Herring, Clark, Denton, Phelps, White, Griggs, ...

Manufacturer: Northeastern
Written By: Peter Haring Judd

The history of the witchcraft trials of Colonial Connecticut from original documents including, in some cases, depositions to court and letters not previously published. Covers the period from the first execution for witchcraft in America (Alse Youngs of Windsor, CT 1647)to the Fairfield Witch Panic of 1692 (contemporary with the Salem, MA trials). Contains the Great Hartford Witch Panic of ...

Manufacturer: Connecticut Research, Inc.
Written By: Richard G. Tomlinson

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