Health & Fitness
New book on Danbury hot off the presses
Long-awaited volume covers Danbury's history from 1889, when the state legislature made Danbury a full-fledged city, to the celebration of its 300th birthday year in 1984-85.
The Danbury Museum & Historical Society Authority has announced the release of Danbury’s Third Century: From Urban Status to Tricentennial, produced by Western Connecticut State University and written by Dr. Herbert Janick, Emeritus Professor at WCSU and William Devlin, a graduate of WCSU and author of We Crown Them All: An Illustrated History of Danbury. For more information about the Historical Society visit http://www.danburymuseum.org.
This long-awaited volume covers Danbury’s history from 1889, when the state legislature made Danbury a full-fledged city, to the celebration of its 300th birthday year in 1984-85. The volume traces the decline of Danbury as a center of hat manufacturing that was followed, not by devastation, but by an economic and cultural transformation.
Danbury’s Third Century: From Urban Status to Tricentennial is available for purchase at the Danbury Historical Society located on 43 Main St. in Danbury. Hardcover editions of the book are $20 and a softcover edition is $15.
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The book will be sold at the museum gift shop, the Greater Danbury Chamber of Commerce and the bookstore at WCSU. You can order your prepaid copy via phone by calling the museum at 203.743.5200. Shipping charges are additional.
All proceeds from the sale of the book, printed in both hardcover and softcover editions, will benefit The Friends of the Danbury Museum & Historical Society Authority.
