Contributions by Nelson Burr, Christopher Collier, Alice DeLana, Marion Hepburn Grant, Stepen D. Heintz, Katharine Houghton, Oliver Jenson and Susan Ware. Published by the Connecticut Historical Society and Fenwick Productions.

What Alexis de Tocqueville referred to as "The Little Yellow Spot that makes the clock peddler, the school-master and the senator. He used it to symbolize Connecticut's established reputation for ingenuity, pioneering efforts in education and missionary zeal. Tocqueville is said to have looked upon Connecticut as a symbole of New England and of New England as a reproduction of all America.

This book attempts to trace the history of the state through profile of major actors who walked Connecticut's beautiful greens, worshipped in the white churches or came later with new faiths and traditions and made its name famous throughout the world.