No comments about A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records 3 vols..

No comments about History of the Town of Goshen, Connecticut: With Genealogies and Biographies Based Upon the Records of Deacon Lewis Mills Norton, 1897 [1897 ].

No comments about Abstracts from the New London Gazette covering Southeastern Connecticut, 1770-1773.

No comments about The Long Island Sound: A History of Its People, Places, and Environment.

1 comments about From the Old Country: An Oral History of European Migration to America.

1. Very helpful for understanding the experience of immigrants in their own words. Interesting reading for all. Includes much on the Italian immigrant that is of particular help in knowing about my husband's family.

No comments about The Record of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Service During the War of the Revolution, 1775-1783.

2 comments about From Puritan to Yankee: Character and the Social Order in Connecticut, 1690-1765.

1. In England, the Puritans defied church and state. In America, ironically, the Puritans established colonies which came to emphasize deference to authority. In colonial New England, a rough equality in condition eased most tensions of hierarchy in status. By the eve of the Revolution, however, several factors--religious, political, economic and demographic--worked to rekindle the Puritan tradition of agitation and radicalism. The Protestant emphasis on the authority of individual conscience was revived. Richard L. Bushman explores these developments in Connecticut, providing a colorful social portrait. He brings to life arguments and controversies, illuminating the convictions and feelings of each side. Bushman's work proves very informative and quite readable.



2. This book is a wonderful addition for the amateur genealogist of Connecticut families. Many things are explained here that flesh out the "facts" gleaned from documents about various family members. I particularly found helpful the discussion on property and town formations.

No comments about The Stiles Family in America: Genealogies of the Connecticut Family. Descendants of John Stiles, of Windsor, Conn., and of Mr. Francis Stiles, of Windsor ... Jersey Families, 1720-1894; and the Souther.

No comments about Westport, Connecticut: The Story of a New England Town's Rise to Prominence.

5 comments about The Old Leather Man: Historical Accounts of a Connecticut and New York Legend (Garnet Books).

1. Very informative and enjoyable. Brings local history alive for us. Service was excellent as usual.



2. I grew up roaming the same woods that the Leather Man shuffled through one hundred years earlier. As a young man we would visit his caves, read and tell tales of his adventures, whether embellished by us or not, his story was always fascinating. "The Old Leather Man: Historical Accounts of a Connecticut and New York Legend" is an incredible assemblage of newspaper, personal and photographic first hand documentations of this mysterious historical figure. Dan W. DeLuca's obvious years of research and passion for the subject is plainly evident in the thoroughness and completeness that he brings to this biographic accounting of an enigmatic, almost mythical person dead some 130 years. DeLuca puts to rest Victorian embellishments to this lonely man's legend and attempts in the end to construct a more truthful picture of who the Leather Man really was. Great reading for anyone interested in New England history, a closer bond with the dark forested hills and tales of silent wanderers therein who's real identity we will probably never know.



3. The Leatherman had a circuitous route from the Hudson to the Connecticut Rivers. He would show up in the same location every 35 with amazing punctuality. The book is rich with old photographs, period street map and newspaper clippings. It needs a detailed map showing his route and camping sites.



4. Great collection of information on Old Leather Man... agreed it should have a detailed map of the route, outling camps, etc.



5. As a small child, my father used to take me on hikes to the "leather man's caves". For a long time I thought the leather man was just something that he made up to play around with me, so I was totally psyched to find this book. It's an amazing collection of information about one of history's most unique individuals. If you're into this type of thing at all, check this book out!
   
   The only bummer is that there's no complete map detailing the leather man's route.