BACK ISSUES – SUMMER 2011

Summer 2011 VOLUME 9 / NUMBER 3

IN THIS ISSUE: CONNECTICUT HISTORY, ONE GOOD STORY AFTER ANOTHER

current_issue
Harriet’s 200!
Stowe & Twain’s Nook Farm
My Summer in Tobacco
How We Made Connecticut
On the Hunt for Civil War Treasures
On the Cover: Detail, souvenir print of Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1861.
Features
14
Women Who Changed the World
Connecticut women who made things happen.
By Barbara Sicherman
20
The Most Famous American
Adoring crowds waited for a glimpse of Harriet Beecher Stowe.
By Katherine Kane
26
Laboring in the Shade
Heading north for a summer job in the tobacco fields
By Dawn Byron Hutchins
36
Making of Connecticut
A history of Connecticans raising their voices to fight for justice.
By Ben Gammell
Contents
pg 9
Hog River Journal
pg 10
Letters, etc.
pg 13
From the State Historian: 2011’s “Must Read” Book is 160 Years Old. By Walter W. Woodward
pg 14 Women Who Changed the World. By Barbara Sicherman
pg 20 The Most Famous American. By Katherine Kane
pg 26 Where Mr. Twain & Mrs. Stowe Built Their Dream Houses. By Elizabeth J. Normen
pg 30 Laboring in the Shade. By Dawn Bryon HutchinsI Was a Pennsy Girl. By Connie Robinson
pg 36 Making Connecticut. By Ben Gammell
pg 42
The Inaugural Stowe Prize. By Debby Applegate
pg 43 Destination: Inspired by Stowe. By Mary Ellen White
pg 44 Site Lines: Fortresses of Faith, Agents of Change. By Mary M. Donohue and Whitney Bayers
pg 46 Connecticut’s Civil War Treasure Troves. By William Hosley
pg 48 Spotlight: Events & News from Partner Organizations
pg 54 Afterword

Sample articles from past issues:
SPRING 2011:
SUMMER 2010: Exploring the Connecticut Landscape
SPRING 2010: Facing Hard Times
SUMMER/2009
SPRING/2009
WINTER/2008-2009
FALL/2008
SUMMER /2008
SPRING /2008
WINTER 2007/2008
FALL 2007
SUMMER 2007
SPRING 2007
WINTER 2006/2007
FALL 2006
SPRING 2006
WINTER 2005/2006
FALL 2005
SUMMER 2005
SPRING 2005
2004 NOV/DEC/JAN 2005
AUG/SEP/OCT 2004
MAY/JUN/JUL 2004
FEB/MAR/APR 2004