Book Details
ERIE CA
NAL COUSINS
Join Rose, Charles, and the
Finnegan family aboard the Flying Eagle, as they travel on the Erie Canal
from Albany to Utica, New York.
Share in their adventures and listen to their story as they take a trip
on the canal boat in the year 1840. The canal is alive
with colorful boats, prosperous towns, booming businesses, and interesting
sights. It is where locks,low bridges, mules, and towpaths are a part of
everyday life. Erie Canal Cousins is the story
of a 13-year-old girl living at this time, learning how
to make her way in the world. It is full of family life, humor, and
growing friendships.
ISBN 978-0-9792947-0-9 110 pages
B+W
Illustrations Ages 10-14 up to
adult
Paperback
April 2007 Price $9.95 +
tax
THREE WEEKS IN UTICA- Book 2
13-year-old Rose Stewart is in Utica where she must face the
challenge of another new place, new relatives, and endless work. Over- whelmed
and homesick, she befriends a neighbor girl, and starts to feel
better about her situation until Seth and Samuel, Maggie’s older brothers
appear giving Rose more to fret about.
Rose discovers the prosperity and beauty of the 1840’s Utica when she
visits the Clinton Market, tours the city, attends a frolic at one of its
many mansions, and picnics on the banks of the Erie Canal. Farm
Life in 1840 was hard work, but people took time for enjoyable neighborly
activities. Rose learns how to quilt, participates in a quilting bee, and makes
butter. She clashes with Maggie’s brother, Seth, and makes a new friend of
Maggie’s other brother, Samuel.
This book will
introduce you to and maybe even surprise you with some interesting facts and
tidbits about Utica
history. The back of the book contains a Glossary, Life in Utica
in 1840, a Map and a Utica
Timeline and Milestones.
ISBN
978-0-9792947-1-6 120 pages
B+W Illustrations
Ages 10-14 and up
Paperback
July 2008 Price $9.95 + tax
ALBANY HOMECOMING- Book 3
Rose is back on
the Erie Canal on the Flying Eagle returning to Albany with her cousins,
the Finnegans. After many enjoyable experiences on the boat,
an
unexpected crises arises as they near Albany,
causing everyone distress.
The story continues in Albany where you will meet Roses' Mama Papa,
her sister, Cassie, and brothers, Robert and Caleb. You will spend a day with
Rose in a one-room schoolhouse and learn some tidbits about early Albany.
ISBN:
9780970284723 140
pages
B&W
illustrations Ages 10-14 and up
Paperback August 2009 Price $9.95+tax
CANAL TOWN CHRISTMAS - Book 4
Did you ever wonder what Thanksgiving and
Christmas were like in the 1840s. I did, and did some research on it , and ended
up writing a book about it.
Join the Stewarts
as they celebrate these special days. An unexpected guest arrives; they learn
some new customs; have tons of adventures along the way and cope with the
limitations of living in the 1840s.
ISBN: 9780979294709 120 pages B+W Illustrations Ages 10-14 and up to Adult Paperback September 2010 Price: $9.95+tax
STARS OVER BUFFALO - BOOK 5
This is the last book in the Erie Canal Cousins Series. In it, Rose travels
with some of her Cousins, west of Utica on the Erie Canal, passing
through the cities of Rome, Syracuse (salt city), the scary Montezuma
Swamp, Rochester (flour city), Lockport (famous five locks), and
Buffalo. They also get to see Niagara Falls, a new attraction at that
time.
There
is plenty adventure and excitement in this book and history (of
course). An Epilogue reveals what happens to all the characters down the
road, paving the way for a new series about Rose's children called, Town of Paris Twins, debuting in 2013 or maybe earlier.
ISBN: 9780979294747 120 pages
B+W Illustrations Ages 10-14 up to Adult
Paperback October 2011 Price: $9.95+tax
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Erie Canal Cousins Series Books Erie Canal Cousins --Book1 Book 2 --Three Weeks in Utica Book 3--Albany Homecoming Book 4--Canal Town Christmas Book 5--Stars Over Buffalo-- HERE NOW!!!
Book 5 is the last book in this Series
And you can bet there is a lot of
interesting history in it, too.
* a little secret....new series coming in 2012 or 2013