John H. Stetson, Gladys Stetson Leahy

The Life and Times of the Great Danbury State Fair (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Western Connecticut consists of a rich mixture of culture, history, sport, ingenuity and agriculture and the Danbury Fair drank deeply from its roots. While it started as a place for farmers and horsemen to share their respective arts, it grew to become so much more.

The unique influence of John W. Leahy, the last owner and general manager of the Fair, saw the addition of extraordinary displays, stunning performances, musicals, thrill shows, rides and races, while still remaining true to its agricultural heritage.

Leahy s veneration for P.T. Barnum and his desire to keep up with the changing times led him to enthusiastically try new things, some successfully and others not quite so.

You will be captivated by his story and that of the Fair, shared here in both words and pictures by those who knew him best.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: emeraldlakebooks
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780996567473
• Artikelnr.: 54424151

Autorenporträt

John Howard Stetson, Jr., known to friends and family as "Jack," is her grandson and John Leahy's step-grandson. Growing up under the strong influence of both Leahys, he began his working career as an office boy at a part-time job at the age of twelve. He graduated from Danbury High School in 1962 and spent three semesters at the University of Rhode Island.

Disillusioned with college life, he left there, came home, married Carol Farwell, and spent the rest of his life as a student of the John W. Leahy College of Lifelong Learning while working his way up the ladder as an employee of the various Leahy enterprises. That culminated in his owning those businesses, which will celebrate 100 years of existence in 2017.

His many joyful years of working at the Danbury Fair prompted him to complete writing the story of its history.