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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 relevant today as when it was first published.