Eric D. Lehman will discuss Connecticut Vanguards: Historic Trailblazers & Their Legacies his chronicle of two dozen state residents whose inventive spirits and talents influenced the state and the world. Lehman has published over a dozen books of history, travel and fiction, including Shadows of Paris, The Quotable New Englander, and Becoming Tom Thumb: Charles Stratton, P.T. Barnum, and the Dawn of American Celebrity.]]>