It Happened in Connecticut

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ISBN: 9780762746439 | 0762746432
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 7/17/2008

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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.

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Acknowledgments	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
The First Witchcraft Executions in North America, 1647-1663	p. 1
Refugees from Royal Revenge, 1660-1689	p. 7
Hostile Takeover, Colonial Style, 1665	p. 13
Israel Putnam, Original American Folk Hero, 1718-1790	p. 18
Newgate's Caverns for Criminals, 1773-1827	p. 24
Stealth Turtle, 1775-1776	p. 30
The Dark Day, 1780	p. 36
Massacre at Fort Griswold, 1781	p. 40
George Washington's Inauguration Suit, 1789	p. 46
The First American Cookbook, 1796	p. 52
Perkins's Tractors, 1796-1810	p. 57
Good for Whatever Ails Ya, 1796-1850	p. 63
Turning 'Em Out like Clockwork, 1814	p. 69
Breaking the Soundless Barrier, 1817	p. 74
Burning Rubber, 1839	p. 80
Pain Killer, 1844	p. 86
Abby Smith and Her Cows, 1873-1878	p. 93
The Father of American Football, 1880s	p. 99
The Great Blizzard, 1888	p. 104
Arsenic and Multiple Homicide, 1910-1919	p. 109
A Lady Governor, but Never a Governor's First Lady, 1975	p. 116
Miraculous Disaster, 1978	p. 121
Hangin' with the Governor, 1991	p. 125
Remembering 9/11	p. 130
The Nutmeg State, 1800s, through Today	p. 134
Bibliography	p. 139
Index	p. 151
About the Author	p. 156
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