More lasting than brass
Subtitle: a thread of family from revolutionary New York to industrial Connecticut
By: by Peter Haring Judd, members of the Haring, Herring, Clark, Denton, Phelps, White, Griggs, Judd and related families ; with a foreword by Alan Taylor.
Publisher: Newbury Street Press & Northeastern University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Boston, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 603
Subjects: Herring family.; New York (State) -- Biography.; Connecticut -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "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, and Judd families, placing the individuals within the context of the social, economic, and historical forces that shaped their lives, as well as the regions and places where they resided and worked." "Judd follows the thread of the family's fortunes and misfortunes from people born under the British flag in New York City and the Hudson River Valley to their twentieth-century descendants in industrial Connecticut. The voices of these families reflect a wide range of experiences in a changing American landscape."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 545-565) and index.
Table of contents: title: Land and rebellion in the Hudson Valley; title: Merchants in a vast empire; title: Finding a way in the new republic; title: Hemm'd thick all around with sailships and steamships; title: Family life and a maturing city; title: Waterbury matures; title: Coming of age; title: Transitions; title: Before the Great War; title: The twenties; title: Death and transformation; title: Marriage, family life, loss; title: An ending.