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101 Glimpses of New Haven
Colin M. Caplan
With a breadth of architectural range fitted to the length of its intellectural heritage, New Haven's elegance deserves 101 glimpses. |
978-1-59629-540-7
128 pp.
$12.99
Over 100 Black and White Photographs
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Date:
August 2008|
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A Guide to Historic New Haven, Connecticut
Colin M. Caplan
Written by New Haven native Colin M. Caplan, author of New Haven (Then & Now) and an active member of the local architecture and preservation community. He founded Magrisso Forte, a design-based consulting firm dedicated to fostering awareness of New Haven’s cultural resources. This book details eighteen walks and nine guided driving/biking tours around the city. |
978-1-59629-245-1
144 pp.
$19.99
Over 130 Black and White Photographs
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Date:
November 2007|
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A History of Connecticut's Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe
Charles Brilvitch
Like all of New England’s indigenous people, western Connecticut’s Paugussett tribe has
suffered injustice and fought determinedly to preserve their cultural identity. In A History of Connecticut’s Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe, author Charles Brilvitch passionately chronicles the tribe’s struggles and fascinating history
through the Victorian era to the present, and traces their traditions and ongoing determination to preserve an irreplaceable and vanishing culture. |
978-1-59629-296-3
128 pp.
$19.99
Over 25 Black and White Photographs
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Date:
November 2007|
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A History of Mystic, Connecticut: From Pequot Village to Tourist Town
Leigh Fought
Tucked away in a natural port, Mystic has long been home to seagoing adventure. Former Mystic Seaport librarian Leigh Fought relates the compelling story of this coastal community. The decline of commercial whaling ended Mystic's shipbuilding boom, yet the town recovered, transforming itself into a charming tourist destination that has enchanted millions. |
978-1-59629-221-5
160 pp.
$21.99
Over 80 Black and White Photographs
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Date:
December 2007|
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Bolton: Historic Tales
Hans DePold
Foreword by Pamela Sawyer
In this
panoramic view of Bolton’s past, DePold retraces the footprints of Mohegan
natives, pays homage to the natural, glacier-carved cathedrals of Bolton Notch
and calls up the ghosts of the town’s bluecoat boys, lost in the Battle of Antietam. |
978-1-59629-563-6
160 pp.
$19.99
Over 60 Black & White Photographs
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Date:
October 2008|
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Connecticut Baseball: The Best of the Nutmeg State
Don Harrison
Foreword by Fay Vincent
As former Commissioner of Baseball Fay Vincent notes in his
foreword, Don Harrison has lovingly assembled the best selections from
a lifetime spent covering Connecticut’s corner of the game. Read twenty-five
interviews from his own forty-three-year career and discover even
older traditions that date back to Hartford’s entrance into the majors in
the 1870s. |
978-1-59629-552-0
160 pp.
$19.99
Over 90 Black & White Photographs
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Date:
September 2008|
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Ghost Stories and Legends of Eastern Connecticut: Lore, Mysteries and Secrets Revealed
Donna Kent
This captivating book presents tales and legends from Eastern Connecticut’s most haunted locations—dark deeds and lore from New London and Mystic, and stretching all the way to Brooklyn, Windham and Franklin. Like eerie and desperate whispers on the wind, the ghosts of Connecticut’s past reveal their deepest, darkest secrets to author and paranormal investigator Donna Kent as she sheds new light on this collection of spine-tingling legends.
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978-1-59629-317-5
128 pp.
$19.99
Over 60 Black and White Photographs
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Date:
October 2007|
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Jewish West Hartford: From City to Suburb
Betty N. Hoffman
West Hartford, Connecticut, enjoys one of the nation’s most vibrant Jewish communities. In Jewish West Hartford, Betty Hoffman captures the universal themes of the American Jewish experience, including assimilation and suburbanization. |
978-1-59629-204-8
128 pp.
$19.99
Over 50 Black and White Photographs
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Date:
August 2007|
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Remembering Fairfield: Famous People and Historic Places
Rita Papazian
Founded in 1639, Fairfield’s New England roots run deep. British soldiers torched the village in 1779, but the settlers vigorously rebuilt. Now Fairfield — which has hosted presidential visits and celebrity residents — enjoys dual status as a dynamic company town and leafy suburban enclave. |
978-1-59629-239-0
128 pp.
$19.99
Over 40 Black and White Photographs
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Date:
July 2007|
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Remembering Groton: Tales from East of the Thames
Carol W. Kimball
Famous for its submarine base and centuries of maritime lore, Groton also has been home to some of Connecticut’s most historic and heroic personalities. From the self-proclaimed prophetess Jemima Wilkinson to the millionaire Morton Plant, who built the Griswold Hotel, Kimball highlights the people and events that shaped this Thames River town. |
978-1-59629-513-1
128 pp.
$19.99
Over 40 Black and White Photographs
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Date:
August 2008|
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The Slaves of Central Fairfield County: The Journey from Slave to Freeman in Nineteenth-Century Connecticut
Daniel Cruson
While the details of Northern antislavery activity are well known, the other side of history is neglected: the enslavement, mistreatment and subjugation of African Americans who lived and toiled in Northern states. In this groundbreaking book on the slaves of Fairfield County, historian Cruson reveals the harsh reality of slavery in the North. |
978-1-59629-151-5
128 pp.
$19.99
Over 10 Black and White Photographs
Publication
Date:
February 2007|
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