It Happened in Connecticut - Diana Ross McCain - Bog

From making ammunition for the Revolutionary War out of a King George statue to America's first cookbook, It Happened in Connecticut looks at intriguing people and episodes from the history of the Nutmeg State.
Learn about the little-known witch trials that took place throughout Connecticut nearly fifty years before the infamous events in Salem. Follow the inspiring story of Thomas Gallaudet, the man who established the nation's first school for the deaf in Hartford, which today operates as the American School for the Deaf. And discover the origins of the character Sherlock Holmes, originally played by Connecticut native, William Gillette.