Trott All Day : James H. Trott : 9780986101014 : 098610101X : 03 Apr 2015 : What you hold in your hands is a slice of humanity sharing one other characteristic - the surname Trott. It's more or less of the "polite school of literature," in other words aimless reading. And if the author slides into details of the New England branches, among which his ancestors may have been hanging or hanged, it is chiefly for their stories, too. Nor can he keep on that track for long - the rest of the Trotts in the world are too hard to resist. Any family name moderately researched would turn up thousands of knots and connections to famous and notorious persons, members with wide ranging gifts, talents, adventures, accomplishments, and personalities -- and lots of remarkable stories, interesting, humorous or full of pathos. The stories and anecdotes keep humanity interesting. This has certainly been the case with the Trotts. The astute reader will note the paucity of footnotes and references. The autho