hartford (conn.)

Susan Eaton shares what she learned about how the racial and economic divide found in most major urban centers across the United States has influenced the nation's educational system and left lower-class minority students at a disadvantage to their middle-class counterparts.

"Recounts the true story of the 1944 Hartford circus fire, one of the worst fire disasters in U.S. history"--Provided by publisher.

Fraternal twins Nat and Fletcher, separated at birth in 1940s Connecticut, follow different paths to success until they finally meet and realize their connection while running against each other for governor of Connecticut.

Mary-Ann Tirone Smith chronicles her French-Italian family's struggle to survive in a housing project in Hartford, Connecticut, in the years following World War II.

Tells the story of the tragic events that occurred on July 6, 1944 in Hartford, Connecticut when the big top of Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey circus caught fire in the middle of an afternoon performance attended by nearly seven thousand people.