Contents

Introduction1
Part 1: Landscapes
1 "... A Nursery of Men"9
2 The Central Valley13
3 The Uplands37
4 The Coast73
5 The 20th-Century Landscape97
Part II: Geology
6 A Sense of Time111
7 Mapping the Land133
8 The Changing Face of Connecticut145
9 "Qui Transtulit ..."171
Notes176
Bibliography182
Illustration Credits187
Index189