All-new additions to the entertaining and bestselling line of regional history for all ages!
IT HAPPENED IN CONNECTICUT (TwoDot)
Diana Ross McCain
More than twenty true stories from the Nutmeg State―including how it got its nickname, as well as the country's first witch trials, the Charter Oak incident, and the invention of modern football. Diana Ross McCain is a historian from Durham, Connecticut.
IT HAPPENED IN PHILADELPHIA
Scott Bruce
The rich history of the City of Brotherly Love comes alive with this compelling selection of true stories. Learn about William Penn's “Holy Experiment,” the background of “American Bandstand,” and the creation of the “Mummer's” parade. This book has wide appeal for both history buffs and browsing tourists. Scott Bruce is a comedian and host of a PBS-TV trivia show called “The Pennsylvania Game.”
IT HAPPENED ON THE SANTA FE TRAIL 
Stephen J. Glassman
This emigrant trail stretching from central Missouri to northern New Mexico was a critical artery in opening up the American West. This collection of suspenseful-but-true stories includes the tragedy of the Sand Creek Massacre as well as the discovery of “Boone's Lick.” Other tales include appearances by Spanish conquistadors, cowboys of every stripe, and even the man who cured malaria. Stephen Glassman is a former Fulbright scholar and currently a professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida. 
IT HAPPENED IN MINNESOTA
Darrell Ehrlick
From the heartland of America come these thirty compelling tales. Starting with a harrowing battle between white settlers and Sioux Indians, swinging around to encompass a bank robbery masterminded by Jesse James, and ending with the creation of the Mall of America, Minnesota has never seen its history written quite like this. Darrell Ehrlick is editor of Minnesota's Winona Daily News and lives with his wife on the state border in Trempealeau, Wisconsin.

It Happened in Connecticut (It Happened In Series)

History

McCain, Diana Ross

Americas

Globe Pequot

Connecticut Coast is a richly illustrated history of the Nutmeg State's storied shoreline, from New York State to Rhode Island. Researched and written by a longtime expert in Connecticut history, it comprises a brief narrative on each of the twenty-four shoreline communities, accompanied by the area's best historic photography. Sidebars sprinkled throughout present lighthouses, fishing and shellfishing, transportation, storms, and more―from the legendary Savin Rock Amusement Park to stylish Jackie Kennedy christening the USS Lafayette in Groton.

Connecticut Coast: A Town-By-Town Illustrated History

From vampires to an angel, a ghost rapper to a phantom ship, Mysteries and Legends of New England pulls back the curtain on some of the region’s most fascinating and compelling stories.

Mysteries and Legends of New England: True Stories Of The Unsolved And Unexplained (Myths and Mysteries Series)

These books, produced from the archives of the Library of Congress and edited by Vincent Virga, offer a glimpse into the history of the United States through rare historical full-color maps, narrative captions, and short essays.

Connecticut: Mapping the Nutmeg State through History: Rare And Unusual Maps From The Library Of Congress (Mapping the States through History)

Virga, Vincent

Discover the history of Connecticut through rare historical full-color maps. Combining fifty rare, beautiful, and diverse maps of the Nutmeg State from the Library of Congress collections, as well as a foreword by Vincent Virga, informative captions and essays on state history, this book is a collectible for cartography buffs and a celebration of Connecticut for residents, former residents, and visitors.

Connecticut: Mapping the Nutmeg State through History

New EnglandMyths and Legends explores unusual phenomena, strange events, and mysteries in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. From vampires to an angel, a ghost rapper to a phantom ship, New EnglandMyths and Legends pulls back the curtain on some of the region’s most fascinating and compelling stories.

New England Myths and Legends: The True Stories behind History's Mysteries (Myths and Mysteries Series)

From making a lead statue of King George into musket balls for the Continental Army to the publication of the first American cookbook to the invention of American football, It Happened in Connecticut looks at intriguing people and episodes from the history of the Nutmeg State. Learn about the little-known witchcraft trials that took place in Connecticut nearly fifty years before the infamous events in Salem. Follow the inspiring story of Thomas Gallaudet, the man who established the nation's first school for the deaf in Hartford, which today operates as the American School for the Deaf. And meet William Gillette, the Connecticut actor and playwright whose portrayal of Sherlock Holmes on the stage was the source of some of the fictional detective's iconic features.

A historical novel vibrant with intimate detail and intense emotion, Thy Children’s Children traces five generations of a real New England family through the turbulent decades that saw a handful of American colonies transformed into a young nation on the cusp of the modern industrial era.The seeds of a grassroots dynasty that flourishes to this day were planted when John and Hope Lyman began life on a small Connecticut farm in 1741. Here the first five generations of Lyman men and women built and maintained a family homestead, facing challenges large and small, with courage and conviction.Even as the Lymans sank roots deep into New England soil, they were active in charting the course of the nation’s history from colonial times to after the Civil War. They fought for American independence, crusaded against slavery, advanced industry – and more. In this debut novel, Diana Ross McCain skillfully combines meticulous research and vibrant imagination to illuminate the everyday heroism of a remarkable family.

Thy Children's Children: A Novel

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

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It Happened in Connecticut (It Happened In Series)

Connecticut Coast: A Town-By-Town Illustrated History

Mysteries and Legends of New England: True Stories Of The Unsolved And Unexplained (Myths and Mysteries Series)

Connecticut: Mapping the Nutmeg State through History: Rare And Unusual Maps From The Library Of Congress (Mapping the States through History)

Connecticut: Mapping the Nutmeg State through History

New England Myths and Legends: The True Stories behind History's Mysteries (Myths and Mysteries Series)

It Happened in Connecticut (It Happened In Series)

Thy Children's Children: A Novel