Stamford Historical Society Book Corner

Connecticut History

From Puritan to Yankee : Character and the Social Order in Connecticut, 1690-1765 by Richard L. Bushman	Nature Walks in Connecticut By Rene Laubach, Charles W. G. Smith	My Connecticut Garden : Personal Experiences of an Amateur Gardener George Valchar Not exactly "Connecticut History," but comes highly recommended
Southern New England (Smithsonian Guide to Historic America, 2) Revised and updated edition (April 1998)	A Speaking Aristocracy: Transforming Public Discourse in Eighteenth-Century Connecticut by Christopher Grasso	Women Before the Bar : Gender, Law, and Society in Connecticut, 1639-1789 by Cornelia Hughes Dayton
The New Haven Railroad Along the Shore Line : The Thoroughfare from New York City to Boston (Golden Years of Railroading) by Martin J. McGuirk	The Merritt Parkway by Bruce Radde Book Description: This book traces the history of Connecticut`s Merritt Parkway from the proposals for its construction and design in the early 1920s to its triumphant completion in 1940. Filled with vintage and recent photographs, it is not only a picturesque tour of a renowned landmark (the largest Art Deco design in the world), but is also an appraisal of a major contribution to the built environment-one recently placed on the National Register of Historic Places.	Lions & Eagles & Bulls Exhibition Catalog Connecticut Historical Soicety

Sexual Revolution in Early America
byRichard Godbeer
Johns Hopkins University 2002