- Paperback: 528 pages
- Publisher: Swordsmith Productions (January 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1931013004
- ISBN-13: 978-1931013000
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 907 g
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Norwich Bulletin, Norwich CT
Larned's history is not an academic tone nor a scholarly project. It was written about and for the individuals...
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First of a series of books based on New England folklore as part of Swordsmith`s new imprint of nonfiction books of New England interest, Ellen Larned`s books have been cult favorites since their original publication in the late nineteenth century. Filled with fascinating historical tidbits, genealogical treasures, strange stories, and out-and-out gossip, Larned looks at the development and changes and all the minutiae of 300 years of life in a typical New England county with disapprovingly moralistic eyes but a wonderful ear for detail. Includes an index of names with nearly 28,000 entries a genealogical treasure trove. Two books no follower of New England history or life should be with out.
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An old favorite republished and affordable, Jan 30 2010
By D. Doiron - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: History of Windham County, Connecticut Vol.1 (Paperback)
As with the second volume of Ellen Larned's history of Windham County, I welcomed this reissue in an affordable paperback edition of her original 2 volume set published in 1874. I haven't had a chance to read both the reissued volumes, but I spent hours in the 1950s as a young history buff in Danielson at my local public library reading their copies of her original 2 volume set. They were comprehensive and readable for even a teenager. I consider her work to be the best of several books on the history of Windham County.
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The History of a County and its People, Feb 21 2011
By Firefly - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: History of Windham County, Connecticut Vol.1 (Paperback)
These two books are a concise history of the building of the County and area. It is not a genealogy of the people. One needs to hunt through the book for the names, and the author does not give the family connections or pedigrees, unfortunately. However, it is a valuable accounting of the actual history, reading almost like a diary of the times. Her book is referred to many times in stating historical reference and probably the original source for the history.
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