Download or read book Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Connecticut History written by Ray Bendici and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The lives of notorious bad guys, perpetrators of mischief, visionary--if misunderstood--thinkers, and other colorful antiheroes, jerks, and evil doers from history all get their due in the short essays featured in these enlightening, informative books. Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Connecticut History features fifteen short biographies of nefarious characters, from Benedict Arnold to P.T. Barnum.