Books in the Globe Pequot Classics series

A collection of memorial biographies of Farmington''s late ministers presiding from 1645 to 1937. Author Mabel Hurlburt wrote in the foreword: "With no thought of attempted comparisons, each of the subjects of these biographical sketches projects his own personality through records, letters, sermons and family recollections. Each in his own appointed time and place made his best efforts to fulfill the duties which he was appointed to serve. Each presents, even between the lines, a friend, a teacher, guide and minister necessary not only to the church but to the town. The inspiration of all these ministers is felt even today and will be long into the future."

This is a comprehensive history of the beginnings, trials, and flourishing of Plainville Connecticut. As Gertrude Castle Nystrom wrote in the preface to her father''s book, "This history of the beginnings of Plainville, Connecticut, covering the period from the time it was a part of Farmington up to the year 1918, was written by [Henry Castle] as an act of love for history... To obtain some of his material, he walked to Farmington and back four miles each way, every day one summer in order to study town records." Castle''s dedication to local history has preserved a peaceful town in word and photograph.

Capt. John Gallop; Master Mariner and Indian Trader, and his son, John, Jr.-the colorful careers of pioneers in our coastal-West Indian trader by Williams Haynes.