Madison: Three Hundred Years by the Sea: Farmers and Fisherman; Sailors and Summer Folk. Edited by Stephen P. Elliott. Madison, CT: Madison Bicentennial Committee, 1976

The Green People: A Walking Tour of the Green, Madison, Connecticut. By Warner P. Lord. Madison, CT: Charlotte L. Evarts Memorial Archives, Inc., 2003

American History and Culture

America and the Sea: A Maritime History. By Benjamin W. Labaree, Edward W. Sloan, et al. Mystic, CT: American Maritime Library: Mystic Seaport Museum, 1998

In Small Things Forgotten: The Archaeology of Early American Life. By James Deetz. New York: Anchor Books, Doubleday, 1977

Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938. By R. A. Scotti. New York and Boston: Back Bay Books; Little, Brown and Company, 2003

The Age of Homespun: Objects and Stories in the Creation of American Myth. By Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001

Architecture and Preservation

Where We Lived: Discovering the Places We Once Called Home, The American Home from 1790--1840. By Jack Larkin. Newtown, CT: Taunton Press, 2006

Books for Children and Families

Giants in the Land. By Diana Appelbaum; illustrated by Michael McCurdy. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1993. Reading level, ages 4-8; 32 pages

N is For Nutmeg: A Connecticut Alphabet. By Elissa Grodin. Michigan: Sleeping Bear Press, 2003. Reading Level, ages 4-8; 40 pages

Miss Bridie Chose a Shovel. By Leslie Connor; illustrated by Mary Azarian. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. Reading level: ages 4-8; 32 pages

A New England Scrapbook: A Journey Through Poetry, Prose, and Pictures. Written and illustrated by Loretta Krupinski. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1994. Reading level: ages 4-8; 40 pages

A few of these titles are available for sale at the Madison Historical Society, at the Allis–Bushnell House, 853 Boston Post Road, Madison, CT 06443. You may purchase these when you visit us.

At this time, we do not take orders by phone or mail, so if you wish to obtain a copy before your visit to Madison, please consider the following sources: