Synopsis
Explores the sports, tourism, industry, environment, history, and culture that make Connecticut unique.
Greg M. Romaneck - Children's Literature
In the annals of colonial American history there may be no other area that had such a divided nature as Connecticut. For much of the 17th century Connecticut was a patchwork of separate, and at times, competing colonies. Initially settled by Puritans from Massachusetts, Connecticut came to be a vibrant colony. The scene of bloody wars with the French, Native Americans, and British, Connecticut eventually assumed a leading role in what we now refer to as the New England states. The history, people, and landscape of Connecticut are presented in Lauren's recent contribution the "Life in the Thirteen Colonies" series. In this well written book, readers are afforded a concrete look at the way that colonists transformed Connecticut from a forested home to Native Americans into a bustling agricultural and commercial center. Along the way, Lauren points out both the advantages and human costs of that transformation. In Connecticut readers will experience a solid rendition of that state's colonial history. 2004, Children's Press, Ages 10 to 14.
Editorials
Children's Literature
In the annals of colonial American history there may be no other area that had such a divided nature as Connecticut. For much of the 17th century Connecticut was a patchwork of separate, and at times, competing colonies. Initially settled by Puritans from Massachusetts, Connecticut came to be a vibrant colony. The scene of bloody wars with the French, Native Americans, and British, Connecticut eventually assumed a leading role in what we now refer to as the New England states. The history, people, and landscape of Connecticut are presented in Lauren's recent contribution the "Life in the Thirteen Colonies" series. In this well written book, readers are afforded a concrete look at the way that colonists transformed Connecticut from a forested home to Native Americans into a bustling agricultural and commercial center. Along the way, Lauren points out both the advantages and human costs of that transformation. In Connecticut readers will experience a solid rendition of that state's colonial history. 2004, Children's Press, Ages 10 to 14.—Greg M. Romaneck