{"product_id":"historic-photos-of-connecticut-hardcover","title":"Historic Photos of Connecticut - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSam L. Rothman\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books))\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Nutmeg State, the Constitution State, the Land of Steady Habits. For a state that some derisively claim is \"no bigger than a postage stamp,\" there is no shortage of nicknames or descriptors for Connecticut. Nor is there any shortage of history!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHistoric Photos of Connecticut\u003c\/em\u003e celebrates eighty years of growth, change, and reform through a collection of snapshots, each providing a unique and different viewpoint. The result is not a narration, but rather a set of impressions captured through the lenses of a hundred different cameras.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the decades following the Civil War, we view Connecticut's inventiveness and industrial genius through its mills and factories. In its neighborhoods, colleges, and rural towns we glimpse its religious, cultural, and intellectual wealth. Along rural lanes, railroads, rivers, and highways we catch images of its farmers, workers, and war heroes, of its reformers, industrial statesmen, inventors, and schoolchildren. Through train wrecks, floods, fires, and blizzards, \u003cem\u003eHistoric Photos of Connecticut\u003c\/em\u003e provides a glimpse at the hardscrabble toughness that characterizes the people of Connecticut.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 202\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8.5 x 8.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 28, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760218407200,"sku":"9781684420070","price":46.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/aebbc72ba21fd82f818365317e2a7b7d.webp?v=1780174788","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/historic-photos-of-connecticut-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}