Secret Connecticut : a guide to the weird, wonderful, and obscure / Anastasia Mills Healy.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781681063058
- ISBN: 1681063050
- ISBN: 9781681063058 : PAP
- ISBN: 1681063050 : PAP
- ISBN: 9781681063058
- ISBN: 1681063050
- Physical Description: x, 198 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
- Publisher: St. Louis, MO : Reedy Press, 2021.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-194) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Up, up, and away -- A quarter acre of heartache -- Dreaming in Simsbury -- I have a bridge to sell you -- A mikvah in Montville -- First in flight -- Back to the future -- An island retreat -- The Freeman sisters and Little Liberia -- Gatsby in Westport -- Connecticut's Stonehenge -- No lute required -- The ladies of Litchfield -- The first U.S. president was a nutmegger -- A radiant glow -- A refuge in an archipelago -- Friends, Romans, Connecticans -- Our own Indiana Jones -- If it flies, it dies -- Something to think about -- The light on ragged mountain -- Boys will be boys -- Berin graffiti -- Beyond the hand sock -- Holy mackeral -- War with Pennsylvania and claim to Cleveland -- Iranistan : not a former Soviet state -- The golden age of comics on the Gold Coast -- Willimantic Rocks -- 20,000 leagues under the Connecticut River -- Would you like a tour of hell? -- Nazis get NIMBYed -- Spooky fun -- O little town -- There's something about Army -- Frisbie! -- Ribbit! -- You can go home again -- How to make $4 billion from teapot lids and spare bolts -- If these walls could talk -- Wild horses couldn't get me to... -- Green acres -- A Woodstock nakation -- America's first spa resort -- Shade swamp sanctuary -- Let them eat Grey Poupon -- A safari in Litchfield -- A few good men -- Education pioneers -- Sergeant Stubby -- Before her time -- Moving mountains -- Whoa, Nellie! -- Adriaen who? -- Madame Butterfly on the Mianus -- Firsts and lasts in Bridgewater -- A camp for adults -- Reuniting Europe in Middlefield -- Calling all scholars and space nuts -- "Lone eagle" in Connecticut -- Who ya gonna call? -- Monets on the mountain -- Hidden commentary -- Radiance captured -- "I am no politician" -- Slow down and pay attention -- Don't mess with Connecticut -- The state's Stepford legacy -- The mysterious critter that started a craze -- A walk through the state's military history -- What in the world is a gungywump? -- No boring artifacts here -- No throwing stones -- Ahoy, Matey! -- Looks can be deceiving -- There's nothing evil in the dark forest -- The mystery of the Leatherman -- Before there was Bernie -- Look out behind you! -- Elementary, my dear... -- Putting the "woods" in Foxwoods -- Connecticut's sweet tooth -- Have it my way -- A tale of quarantine and star-crossed lovers. |
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Subject: | Curiosities and wonders > Connecticut > Guidebooks. Historic sites > Connecticut > Guidebooks. Connecticut > Guidebooks. Connecticut > Miscellanea. |
Genre: | Guidebooks. |
Available copies
- 17 of 23 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Gunn Memorial Library - Washington.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 23 total copies.
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Gunn Memorial Library - Washington | 917.46 HEA (Text) | 34055145675165 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Secret Connecticut: a Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure
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Secret Connecticut: a Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure
Did you know that there's a Connecticut hotel room with a real helicopter inside? Can you guess who inspired the character of Indiana Jones, who was president before George Washington, and who flew before the Wright Brothers? Find the state's most interesting and offbeat stories in Secret Connecticut: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure.Are you interested in taking a safari or racing a chariot? Had you ever heard that Martin Luther King Jr. spent two summers in Connecticut? Included are more than eighty engaging stories that provide insight into one of America's oldest states. Inside are tales of pirates, an underground prison, and a possessed doll. Aren't you curious about the spectacular stained glass church that was unknowingly built in the shape of a fish by a famous architect? From the world's smallest Native American reservation to professionally coiffed cows and a replica of Marie Antoinette's palace, you'll find intrigue around every corner of this small but surprising state.Author Anastasia Mills Healy brings to life the long history of intriguing people, places, and events that will fascinate even life long residents of Connecticut.