Book - Connecticut in Sunshine and in Storm by Grace Miner Lippincott
1955 (Date published)
Connecticut in Sunshine and in Storm by Grace Miner Lippincott, published by Candor Press, Dexter, Mo. in 1955, 8vo (235x157mm), pp.84. This title is in its original textured brown paper wrapper with the upper wrapper title stamped in black.On the first page is Grace's signature and handwritten note: "Inscribed in Friendship / Grace Miner Lippincott / Madison Connecticut".Grace's work includes many direct references to local life. This includes "Old Boston Street in Maytime" (pg 7), "Moonlight Over Tuxis" (pg 8), "From Bug Rock to the Old Fence Creek" (pg 11), and "Summer in Madison" (pg 31).Grace Miner Lippincott was a prolific and renowned poet with six published books, more than 1100 published poems, and ten anthologies. Born in Cornwall, Connecticut, Grace graduated from Madison High School in 1895 and was married to Philadelphia native Levi Lippincott a year later. She spent the rest of her days at the home she and her husband built in Madison in 1907; they called the home “Whimsey Acres,” Learn more about Grace at www.madisonhistory.org/grace-miner-lippincott/
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