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Connecticut's so-called
Blue Laws have been
famous (infamous) for
years. Now you can read a
compilation of this 17th
century legislation yourself.
A resource for historians,
fun for modern day tipplers,
a must for anyone
interested in colonial lore.

During the early nineteenth
century, John Warner
Barber, an amateur
historian, an engraver and a
painter, traveled around
Connecticut sketching town
greens, hotels, schools,
churches, and harbors. He
collected local history
during his travels and
immersed himself in the
works of such noted
historians as Dr. Trumbull.
From these labors he
produced Connecticut
Historical Collections.

In this wise and witty
collection of essays,
Regina Barecca brings
alive
the moments in her life that,
while unique to her, speak
to each of us. She shares
stories about the fun loving
Italian aunts who taught her
to dance, the young man
she followed to London and
the truths she learned
about herself during that
youthful soujourn, the
mysterious scrap of a family
letter she found, her
mother's French Canadian
roots, and her own
hysterectomy. These are
stories that make us laugh
out loud, that teach us
about family, and friends
and love. Written with
honesty and humor, they
offer a clear-eyed look at
modern life.

Edwin Way Teale won both
the Pulitzer prize and the
John Burroughs Medal for
distinguished nature
writing. His work ranks with
the best, that of Thoreau,
Muir, Burroughs and Olson.
In A Naturalist Buys an
Old Farm he gives us
not only his most personal
writing but some of his
finest. Considered by many
to be his greatest book, it is
as relavant today as when it
was first published.