It happened in Connecticut
By: Diana Ross McCain.
Series: It happened in series
Publisher: TwoDot
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Guilford, Conn
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780762746439
Subjects: Connecticut -- History -- Anecdotes.; Connecticut -- Biography -- Anecdotes.; Connecticut -- History, Local -- Anecdotes.; Connecticut -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes.
Genres: Anecdotes.; Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The first witchcraft executions in North America, 1647-1663; title: Refugees from royal revenge, 1660-1689; title: Hostile takeover, colonial style, 1665; title: Israel Putnam, original American folk hero, 1718-1790; title: Newgate's caverns for criminals, 1773-1827; title: Stealth turtle, 1775-1776; title: The dark day, 1780; title: Massacre at Fort Griswold, 1781; title: George Washington's inauguration suit, 1789; title: The first American cookbook, 1796; title: Perkins's tractors, 1796-1810; title: Good for whatever ails ya, 1796-1850; title: Turning 'em out like clockwork, 1814; title: Breaking the soundless barrier, 1817; title: Burning rubber, 1839; title: Pain killer, 1844; title: Abby Smith and her cows, 1873-1878; title: The father of American football, 1880s; title: The great blizzard, 1888; title: Arsenic and multiple homicide, 1910-1919; title: A lady governor, but never a governor's lady, 1975; title: Miraculous disaster, 1978; title: Hangin' with the governor, 1991; title: Remembering 9/11; title: The wooden nutmeg state, 1800s through today.