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literature - Connecticut History | a CTHumanities Project

John Warner Barber’s Engravings Chronicle Connecticut History

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    Emily Clark

  • Town(s):
    New Haven

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Charlton Publications: Song Lyric Printing Business to Major Player in the Comic Book Industry

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Linonian and Brothers in Unity: The Societies that Built Yale University’s Library

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Lillian Hoban: Beloved Illustrator of “I Can Read” Books

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    Emily Clark

  • Town(s):
    Wilton

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James Merrill: Connecticut’s First Poet Laureate

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    Emily Clark

  • Town(s):
    Stonington

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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Clare Boothe Luce Changed Perceptions about Women in Business and Politics

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The Road to Busytown: Richard Scarry’s Life in Fairfield County

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Timothy Dwight Dies – Today in History: January 11

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Ann Petry: Old Saybrook’s Bestselling African American Author

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    Emma Wiley

  • Town(s):
    Old Saybrook

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George Griffin: “Devoted Friend” to Samuel Clemens

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Where the Wild Things Are: Maurice Sendak

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The Reader’s Feast: A Bookstore Ahead of Its Time

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James Mars’ Words Illuminate the Cruelty of Slavery in New England

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Ida Tarbell: The Woman Who Took On Standard Oil

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Emile Gauvreau and the Era of Tabloid Journalism

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A Revolutionary Book Designer: Bruce Rogers of New Fairfield

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Timothy Dwight Provides Religious, Military, and Educational Services for a Young Country

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Winning the Great War without Some Books

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Harriet Beecher Stowe Born – Today in History: June 14

Noah Webster and the Dream of a Common Language

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Charles Dudley Warner: 19th Century Writer and Social Commentator

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Amos Bronson Alcott Changes the Way Connecticut Children Learn

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Carl Sandburg, Poet from the Grassroots, Reaches Connecticut Audiences

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An Artist and Her Books: Amelia Watson, 1856–1934

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Trouble in the Connecticut Suburbs: Revolutionary Road

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Reverend James Pennington: A Voice for Freedom

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Hamden’s Literary Legend

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A Life Lived in a Rapidly Changing World: Samuel L. Clemens

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Hartford’s Les Payne, Trailblazing Journalist

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Poet Wallace Stevens Dies – Today in History: August 2

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Hope for the West: The Life and Mission of Lyman Beecher

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The Hartford Wits

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The Most Famous American in the World

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Sloan Wilson, the Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, is Born – Today in History: May 8

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Connecticut: Home to the Boxcar Children Mysteries – Who Knew?

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Arthur Miller dies – Today in History: February 10

First General Copyright Law – Today in History: January 29

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Hartford Publishes the First Literary Work by an African American – Who Knew?

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman Born – Today in History: July 3

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Where Mr. Twain and Mrs. Stowe Built Their Dream Houses

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Miss Huntley’s School Opens – Today in History: August 1

Venture Smith, from Slavery to Freedom

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Hartford’s Nook Farm

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Uncle Tom’s Cabin Begins Serialization – Today in History: June 5

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