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It Happened in Connecticut: Stories of Events and People That Shaped Nutmeg State History

It Happened in Connecticut: Stories of Events and People That Shaped Nutmeg State History - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Diana Ross McCainSeries:It Happened inPublish date:2023-02-01Pages:196
Language:EnglishPublisher:Globe Pequot PressISBN-13:9781493070381ISBN-10:149307038XUPC:9781493070381Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.45 inchesWeight:0.571Product ID:SCG6W8BSFS

From making ammunition for the Revolutionary War out of a King George statue to America's first cookbook, It Happened in Connecticut looks at intriguing people and episodes from the history of the Nutmeg State.

Learn about the little-known witch trials that took place throughout Connecticut nearly fifty years before the infamous events in Salem. Follow the inspiring story of Thomas Gallaudet, the man who established the nation's first school for the deaf in Hartford, which today operates as the American School for the Deaf. And discover the origins of the character Sherlock Holmes, originally played by Connecticut native, William Gillette.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Globe Pequot PressISBN-13:9781493070381ISBN-10:149307038XUPC:9781493070381Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.45 inchesWeight:0.571Product ID:SCG6W8BSFS
Diana Ross McCain has written about Connecticut's past for more than thirty-five years. She holds bachelor's and master's degrees in history, and a master's degree in library science She was on the staff of the Connecticut Historical Society for twenty-five years. A frequent contributor to Early American Life and Connecticut magazines and other publications, McCain wrote the award-winning publication To All on Equal Terms, the story of Connecticut's official state heroine, Prudence Crandall. She is the author of Thy Children's Children: A Historical Novel Based on the True Story of Five Generations of a New England Grassroots Dynasty, the Lyman family of Middlefield, Connecticut's, Lyman Orchards. She lives in Durham, Connecticut.
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press

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