In the late nineteenth century, P.T. Barnum was known worldwide for his traveling circus, but to the city of
Bridgeport he meant much more. The city’s mayor and benefactor, Barnum was also a mastermind at urban planning. Thus, amid Bridgeport’s growing industrial factories, orchestras played from the bandstand at Seaside Park and bucolic hills surrounded Bunnell’s Pond. In this collection of narratives, Lehman captures the natural beauty and richly eccentric history of
Connecticut's "Park City."
Background Information
Connecticut is a New England state first settled in the 1600's, bounded on the north by Massachusetts and on the south by Long Island Sound.
