24 Tales from 240 Years of Hamden History In-Person
Join Hamden resident and prolific author Eric Lehman in a fascinating overview of 240 years of Hamden history told in 24 tales.
This program is free and sponsored by the Friends of the Hamden Library. Registration is recommended.
About Eric Lehman
Eric D. Lehman is the author or editor of over twenty books, including New England at 400, The Quotable New Englander, A History of Connecticut Food, Literary Connecticut, A History of Connecticut Wine, Bridgeport: Tales from the Park City, Hamden: Tales from the Sleeping Giant, Insiders' Guide to Connecticut, The Foundation of Summer, Connecticut Town Greens, and Afoot in Connecticut: Journeys in Natural History, nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
Lehman’s biography of Charles Stratton, Becoming Tom Thumb, won the Henry Russell Hitchcock Award from the Victorian Society of America, and was chosen as one of the American Library Association's outstanding university press books of the year. His revolutionary history Homegrown Terror: Benedict Arnold and the Burning of New London was a finalist in two categories of the Next Gen Indie Book Awards and was used in a question on Jeopardy. And his novella, Shadows of Paris, was the Novella of the Year from the Next Gen Indie Book Awards, a Silver Medal for Romance from the Foreword Review Indie Book Awards, and a finalist for the Connecticut Book Award.
In addition to teaching at the University of Bridgeport, Eric is the editor of the school literary magazine, Groundswell, and of the faculty essay series, The Commons. He is a regular contributor to The Wayfarer, Edible Nutmeg and Estuary, for which he has won several awards from the Connecticut chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. He has been consulted on diverse subjects and quoted by The Atlantic Monthly, USA Today, the BBC, the History Channel, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, and The Wall Street Journal.