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Eric D. Lehman is Director of Publications and an Associate Professor of English. He is the author or editor of 22 books, including New England Nature, New England at 400, The Quotable New Englander, A History of Connecticut Food, Literary Connecticut, A History of Connecticut Wine, Bridgeport: Tales from the Park City, Hamden: Tales from the Sleeping Giant, Insiders' Guide to Connecticut, Connecticut Farms and Farmers Markets, Connecticut Town Greens, and Afoot in Connecticut: Journeys in Natural History, nominated for the Pushcart Prize. His biography of Charles Stratton, Becoming Tom Thumb, won the Henry Russell Hitchcock Award from the Victorian Society of America, and was chosen as one of the American Library Association's outstanding university press books of the year. His revolutionary history Homegrown Terror: Benedict Arnold and the Burning of New London was a finalist in two categories of the Next Gen Indie Book Awards and was used in a question on Jeopardy. And his novella, Shadows of Paris, was the Novella of the Year from the Next Gen Indie Book Awards, a Silver Medal for Romance from the Foreword Review Indie Book Awards, and a finalist for the Connecticut Book Award.
In addition to his many books, Professor Lehman’s essays, reviews, and stories have been published in dozens of journals and magazines, from Edible Nutmeg to Estuary. He is also an associate editor for Nexus: The International Henry Miller Journal and The Wayfarer. He lectures often outside the context of the University and has given over two hundred presentations of his research to historical societies, museums, and other groups. He has been consulted on diverse subjects and quoted by The Atlantic Monthly, USA Today, the BBC, the History Channel, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, and The Wall Street Journal.
M.A., American Literature, The Pennsylvania State University
B.A., American Literature Kenyon College
Courses Taught
English 101 Composition
English 201 Fiction Writing
English 215 Literature of Travel and Adventure
English 180 Science Fiction
English 218 Autobiographical Writing
English 308 Advanced Creative Writing
History 325 Connecticut History
Humanities 201 The American Dream
Connecticut Farms and Farmers Markets: Tours Trails and Attractions. Globe Pequot Press, June 2022.
Connecticut Waters. Globe Pequot Press, April 2021. Narrative.
9 Lupine Road. Homebound Publications/Owl House Books, March 2021.
New England Nature. Globe Pequot Press, October 2020.
New England at 400: From Plymouth Rock to Present Day. Globe Pequot Press, 2020.
Great Pan Is Dead: My Encounters with Coincidence. Homebound Publications, 2019.
Connecticut Vanguards. History Press, 2018.
Quotable New Englander. Globe Pequot Press, October 2018. Editor.
Yankee’s New England Adventures. Globe Pequot Press, May 2018. Editor.
A Connecticut Christmas. Globe Pequot Press, April 2017. Narrative.
Shadows of Paris. Homebound Publications, 2016.
Connecticut Town Greens. Globe Pequot Press, 2015.
The Foundation of Summer: New England Stories. Homebound Publications, 2015.
Homegrown Terror: Benedict Arnold and the Burning of New London. Wesleyan University Press, 2014.
Literary Connecticut. History Press, 2014.
Becoming Tom Thumb: Charles Stratton, P.T. Barnum, and the Dawn of American Celebrity. Wesleyan University Press, 2013.
Afoot in Connecticut: Journeys in Natural History. Homebound Publications, 2013.
A History of Connecticut Food. History Press, 2012.
Insiders’ Guide to Connecticut. Globe Pequot Press, 2012. (2nd Edition, 2015.)
A History of Connecticut Wine: Vineyard in Your Backyard. History Press, 2011.
Hamden: Tales from the Sleeping Giant. History Press, 2010.
Bridgeport: Tales from the Park City. History Press, 2009.
Honors and Awards
Finalist for the Connecticut Book Award. Shadows of Paris.
Silver Medal in Romance from Foreword Review. Shadows of Paris.
Best Novella of the Year from the Indie Book Awards. Shadows of Paris.
Henry Russell Hitchcock Award. Victorian Society in America. Becoming Tom Thumb: Charles Stratton, P.T. Barnum, and the Dawn of American Celebrity.
Best of the Best of the University Presses 2014. American Library Association. Becoming Tom Thumb: Charles Stratton, P.T. Barnum, and the Dawn of American Celebrity.