Connecticut Yankee: An Autobiography

Equal parts nostalgic, witty, self-serving, and frank, Connecticut Yankee is an entertaining and informative memoir of the state and a scholar who shaped it. Connecticut native, Yale graduate, Yale professor and dean, and finally, unlikely Governor of the State of Connecticut during the crucial Depression years, Wilbur L. Cross’ s autobiography tells a great American story.

As a Yale professor, a writer, and an editor, Wilbur L. Cross devoted himself to the English language, and specifically...