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Author : Herbert S. Whitman
Publisher : Hippocrene Books
ISBN 13 : 9780781800457
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Exploring the Litchfield Hills written by Herbert S. Whitman and published by Hippocrene Books. This book was released on 1992-02 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter C. Vermilyea
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625851065
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)
Download or read book Hidden History of Litchfield County written by Peter C. Vermilyea and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Local historian Peter C. Vermilyea tells stories of some forgotten moments in Litchfield County, CT from Native American legends to Cold War relics. Traces of Litchfield County's past are hidden in plain sight. Vestiges of long-abandoned railroad tracks crisscross the county while a decaying and unmarked cinder block structure in Warren is all that remains of a cornerstone of national defense. All but forgotten today, a fire roared through Winsted in 1908, causing residents to flee their rooms at the Odd Fellows boardinghouse. In Bantam, art deco chairs made by the Warren McArthur Corporation prompted the War Department to order bomber seats from the company during World War II. Author Peter C. Vermilyea explores these and other obscure tales from the history of Litchfield County, Connecticut.
Author : Annie Kelly
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780847835775
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (357 download)
Download or read book Litchfield Style written by Annie Kelly and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 2011 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features the decorative interiors and gardens of homes in Litchfield County, Connectinut, which include farmhouses and Federal style buildings.
Author : Peter C. Vermilyea
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625857365
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)
Download or read book Wicked Litchfield County written by Peter C. Vermilyea and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016-07-18 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thieves, rumrunners and rapscallions all color the unsavory side of Litchfield County history. Townspeople accused women of witchcraft simply for not bearing enough children in the early days of the region. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Owen Sullivan and William Stuart took advantage of the county's isolated stretches and a currency shortage to build counterfeiting empires. In 1780, Barnett Davenport's brutal actions earned him infamy as the nation's first mass murderer. Small-time speakeasies slowly took hold, and the omnipresence of alcohol-fueled crime led to the birth of the nationwide prohibition movement. Local historian Peter C. Vermilyea explores these and other devilish tales from the seedier history of Litchfield County.
Author : Martin Podskoch
Publisher : Podskoch Press
ISBN 13 : 9780997101928
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Connecticut 169 Club: written by Martin Podskoch and published by Podskoch Press. This book was released on 2018-06 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William J. Hall
Publisher : Red Wheel/Weiser
ISBN 13 : 1632659921
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (326 download)
Download or read book The Haunted House Diaries written by William J. Hall and published by Red Wheel/Weiser. This book was released on 2015-08-17 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A paranormal investigator explores a haunted Connecticut farmhouse—with the diaries of a resident detailing decades of unexplained phenomena. Nestled deep in Litchfield Hills, Connecticut, a 1790 farmhouse overlooks the epicenter of a paranormal crossroads. The family that resides there regularly encounters its own ancestors, as well as strangers - human and nonhuman - who seemingly occupy the same physical space in parallel worlds. When ghost hunters Ed and Lorraine Warren investigated, they dubbed it "Ghost Central". When William J. Hall visited the house, family member Donna Fillie showed him her journal of the paranormal activity she’s experienced there over the years. Here is Donna’s diary spanning five decades of uncanny occurrences, supplemented with background information provided by Hall. It tells of notes from old friends who insist they didn't deliver them; a grandson playing with an invisible - but very real - friend; and Donna awakening to phenomena at precisely 12:42 a.m. - an eerie correspondence to her house number, 1242. This compelling work includes many other kinds of inexplicable incidents that frequently occur in this otherwise normal area of Connecticut, which some believe is also the site of a secret military base.
Author : Rinker Buck
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451659164
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)
Download or read book The Oregon Trail written by Rinker Buck and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new American journey.
Author : Edwin Matthews, Jr.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781532367311
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (673 download)
Download or read book Litchfield Country Journal written by Edwin Matthews, Jr. and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jane Garmey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781580932417
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (324 download)
Download or read book Private Gardens of Connecticut written by Jane Garmey and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writer Jane Garmey, who has had unprecedented access to private gardens throughout Connecticut, and photographer John M. Hall create a lush portrait of this unique landscape that will inspire committed gardeners and engage all who appreciate natural beauty.
Author : Ralph White
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738575346
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (753 download)
Download or read book Litchfield written by Ralph White and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Litchfield was founded 57 years before the Declaration of Independence, and it wears its distinctive history proudly.Visitors first note the town's scenic beauty, then its pace, friendly atmosphere, and historic architecture. Litchfield was the home of Harriet Beecher Stowe, the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin; Ethan Allen, a hero of the Revolutionary War; Sarah Pierce, whose Litchfield Female Academy pioneered education for women; Tapping Reeve, founder of the first American law school; and Oliver Wolcott, signer of the Declaration of Independence. Litchfield was also the home of Alain and Margaret White, whose visionary donation of 4,000 acres of woodlands and wetlands thrust Litchfield into the forefront of nature conservancy. Litchfield guides readers around the village green, through the town's historic district, and to the nearby White Memorial Conservation Center.
Author : Jane Garmey
Publisher : The Monacelli Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1580933483
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Private Gardens of the Hudson Valley written by Jane Garmey and published by The Monacelli Press, LLC. This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Private Gardens of the Hudson Valley surveys the majestic landscape that borders the Hudson River, an area rich in history and unique garden designs. The scenery, which encompasses riverfront meadows, craggy hills, and long open valleys, is inherently dramatic. Twenty-six private gardens are presented here, chosen to establish a sense of place and to convey the romance of the landscape. John Hall’s photographs give a privileged view of the life within, while Jane Garmey’s warm and engaging narrative traces the development of the gardens and the great pleasure their owners take in nurturing them. As Garmey notes in her introduction, each of these gardens has been made by the owner, and special attention given to the transition between the cultivated garden and the grandeur of the larger landscape beyond. The splendid setting of the Hudson Valley encompasses an almost infinite variety of design approaches from formal and traditional to naturalistic and an equal range of scale from multiple gardens within a vast estate to charmingly diminutive spaces between historic village houses. All have much to tell us about the complexity, challenges, and finally the unforgettable pleasure of making a garden.
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780307929266
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (292 download)
Download or read book Fodor's New England written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ross Montgomery
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571314112
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (713 download)
Download or read book The Building Boy written by Ross Montgomery and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2016-08-30 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All at once, it was as if the stars leapt closer.Grandma grabbed the boy, raising him high above the rooftiles on her head.She was alive!The boy's grandma was a famous architect. Her garden is still full of old building materials. Unwilling to accept she has gone, the boy builds a giant structure from the bricks and girders he finds. And then ... Grandma comes to life! The boy is whisked away on an epic adventure across fields, through oceans and atop roofs. But where is Grandma taking him?Beautiful, thrilling and extremely moving: the extraordinary debut picture book from much-loved author, Ross Montgomery.
Author : James Crump
Publisher : The Monacelli Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1580935788
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Breuer's Bohemia written by James Crump and published by The Monacelli Press, LLC. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Breuer's Bohemia explores a vibrant period of midcentury modern design and culture as seen through the influential New England houses designed by Marcel Breuer for his circle of clients and friends. The iconic twentieth-century architect Marcel Breuer was a prolific designer of residential architecture, which is often overshadowed by his early renown as a Bauhaus furniture maker and his large-scale projects. Breuer’s Bohemia surveys the houses he designed in Connecticut and Massachusetts from the 1950s through the ’70s, many of which were commissioned by a few culturally progressive clients—chiefly Rufus and Leslie Stillman and Andrew and Jamie Gagarin—who coalesced around him into a dynamic social circle. Included in this scene were prominent cultural figures such as Alexander Calder, Arthur Miller, Francine du Plessix Gray, Philip Roth, and William Styron, and more, marking a unique intersection of postwar architecture, art, and letters. The publication of Breuer’s Bohemia coincides with the feature-length documentary of the same name by author and filmmaker James Crump, exploring Breuer’s explosive residential practice on the East Coast. Through original research and interviews, the voices of principal characters from Breuer’s circle and notable figures from the field of architecture help tell the story of Breuer’s collaborations with his friends and clients, breathing new life into the history of the rich cultural atmosphere of which they all played a vital part. Heavily illustrated with vintage and contemporary photographs as well as rarely seen archival materials, Breuer’s Bohemia is a unique glimpse of a twentieth-century milieu that produced an aesthetic, intellectual, and sometimes sybaritic community during a fertile period of American design and culture.
Author : Joseph F. Wassong
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738513348
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (133 download)
Download or read book Thomaston written by Joseph F. Wassong and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomaston, a gateway to the Litchfield Hills and the Berkshires, is situated in the picturesque Naugauck River Valley. This town of Victorian charm grew as local industry developed. Today, it includes a population representing many occupations and nationalities and a mixture of urban and suburban culture. Thomaston reveals the history of this town and its people, including a nineteenth-century priest who is a candidate for sainthood in the Roman Catholic Church, the grandfather of a Nobel Prize-winning author, and a hero who was awarded the Medal of Honor for valor at Pearl Harbor. The first part of the book is designed as a guide for a walking tour of the downtown area.
Author : Mark Bozzuti-Jones
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780880284998
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (849 download)
Download or read book Face to the Rising Sun written by Mark Bozzuti-Jones and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-04 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spirituals, songs of abiding faith passed down by African Americans through the centuries, offer a remarkable view of resilience, courage, and love. Formed in the crucible of fire, these songs express the suffering and horror of slavery as well as the love of God and the promise of a better future. Author Mark Bozzuti-Jones explores the modern-day lessons of these Spirituals with scripture readings, daily devotions, and questions for reflection. With 31 days of devotions, Face to the Rising Sun offers a path forward, a way to repent and name the evils of racism and to learn and grow together in God's love.
Author : Litchfield County (Conn.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.L/5 ( download)
Download or read book Litchfield County Centennial Celebration Held at Litchfield, Conn., 13th and 14th of August, 1851 written by Litchfield County (Conn.) and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
