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 ...