It Happened in Connecticut

Name: It Happened in Connecticut
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ISBN: 9780762746439

ISBN-10: 0762746432

ISBN-13: 9780762746439

Edition: 2008

Authors: Diana Ross McCain

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All-new additions to the entertaining and bestselling line of regional history for all ages! nbsp; nbsp; IT HAPPENED IN CONNECTICUTnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; (TwoDot) Diana Ross McCain nbsp; More than twenty true stories from the Nutmeg State—including how it got its nickname, as well as the country’sfirstwitch trials, the Charter Oak incident, and the invention of modern football. Diana Ross McCain is a historian from Durham, Connecticut. nbsp; nbsp; IT HAPPENED IN PHILADELPHIA Scott Bruce nbsp; The rich history of the City of Brotherly…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, The
Publication date: 7/17/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 168
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.022
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Preface


The First Witchcraft Executions in North America, 1647-1663


Refugees from Royal Revenge, 1660-1689


Hostile Takeover, Colonial Style, 1665


Israel Putnam, Original American Folk Hero, 1718-1790


Newgate's Caverns for Criminals, 1773-1827


Stealth Turtle, 1775-1776


The Dark Day, 1780


Massacre at Fort Griswold, 1781


George Washington's Inauguration Suit, 1789


The First American Cookbook, 1796


Perkins's Tractors, 1796-1810


Good for Whatever Ails Ya, 1796-1850


Turning 'Em Out like Clockwork, 1814


Breaking the Soundless Barrier, 1817


Burning Rubber, 1839


Pain Killer, 1844


Abby Smith and Her Cows, 1873-1878


The Father of American Football, 1880s


The Great Blizzard, 1888


Arsenic and Multiple Homicide, 1910-1919


A Lady Governor, but Never a Governor's First Lady, 1975


Miraculous Disaster, 1978


Hangin' with the Governor, 1991


Remembering 9/11


The Nutmeg State, 1800s, through Today


Bibliography


Index


About the Author