Coley Birge, Edward,
Westport Connecticut the Making of a Yankee Township.
New York: The Writers Publishing Co, Inc. 1926. Second Edition. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. DJ browned and with light chipping. Some loss to DJ spine ends. Neat writing to endpapers. ; With a postscript by Mary Coley Gage. "The story of a typical New England community on the shore of Long Island Sound; how it was carved out of the wilderness; its heoric effort to build enduring institutions, church and school and government. The tragedies and comedies of pioneer life, the political battles, the struggle with the problems of agriculture and industry, of housing, roads, bridges and transportation. A vivid, intimate, sympathetic picture of the simpler day that has passed." Second, enlarged edition. The author was a Westport town clerk for many years with a deep knowledge about the town. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 200 pages. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket.
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