Frog Hollow : stories from an American neighborhood / Susan Campbell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Campbell, Susan, 1959- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Frog Hollow (Hartford, Conn.)--History--Anecdotes.

Frog Hollow (Hartford, Conn.).

Frog Hollow (Hartford, Conn.)--Social life and customs--Anecdotes.

Frog Hollow (Hartford, Conn.)--Biography--Anecdotes.

Hartford (Conn.)--History--Anecdotes.

Hartford (Conn.).

Hartford (Conn.)--Social life and customs--Anecdotes.

Hartford (Conn.)--Biography--Anecdotes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 226 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Press, [2019]

Summary:

Frog Hollow: Stories from an AmericanNeighborhoodis a collection of colorful historical vignettes of an ethnically diverse neighborhood just west of the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford. Its 1850s row houses have been home to a wide variety of immigrants. During the Revolutionary War, Frog Hollow was a progressive hub, and later, in the mid-late 19thcentury, it was a hotbed of industry. Reporter Susan Campbell tells the true stories of Frog Hollow with a primary focus on the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: the inventors, entrepreneurs and workers, as well as the impact of African American migration to Hartford, the impact of the Civil Rights movement and the continuing fight for housing. Frog Hollow was also one of the firstneighborhoodsin the country to experiment with successful urban planning models, including public parks and free education. From European colonists to Irish and Haitian immigrants to Puerto Ricans, these stories of Frog Hollow show the multiple realities that make up a dynamic urban neighborhood. At the same time, they reflect the changing faces of American cities. Features 40 illustrations.

Contents:

The difficult dream: the Babcocks dig a well and launch a newspaper

An opportunity for each: Colonel Pope comes to town and helps build an industrial powerhouse

A dream of social order: the government segregates a neighborhood

The fullest stature: original residents are pushed out, the neighborhood gets a reputation-and everyone is baseball crazy

To be recognized: the children of Frog Hollow find champions, and the Newsies fight back

Each man and woman: the Reverend Pennington is free

Growing weary and mistrustful: the neighborhood gets an orphanage

They are innately capable: Dominick Burns opens a bank, and Maria Sañchez shepherds a political force

Regardless of fortuitous circumstances: the ghosts that walk Frog Hollow's

Streets, and where they're heading.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780819578556

081957855X

OCLC:

1045640692