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 BLACKBERRY HILL PRESS

       2860 Mohawk Street       Sauquoit, NY 13456 3322     Email:dhstacy@gmail.com                       Phone  (315) 7375147

                                            "Let a good book tickle your mind." 
Newest Program: "LEARNING IN A ONE-ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE 1N THE 1800s" based on her book,  Albany Homecoming--Book 3
Another New Program: "How I Became an Author and 7 Other Things"
    
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Historical  Fiction Series  
Erie Canal Cousins 
 by Dorothy Stacy
    All about life in Upstate New York and on the Erie Canal in 1840  


NEW 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 up to adult   Paperback   Price $9.95+tax                         

*   * Hope to have this out in September. *    *    *    *

 Printable Order Form for all these books is on BUY BOOKS at the top.


                     ERIE CANAL 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,lowbridges, 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
Schools Visited in the Past:   
Albany Elementary Utica, NY (2 times)
Columbus Elememtary Utica, NY (2 times)
Watson  Williams Elementary Utica, NY
S. Peter's School Utica, NY (2 times)
St. Mary's School Clinton, NY
Our Lady of Lourdes Utica, NY
J.F. Hughes Utica, NY
Forestport Elementary Forestport, NY
Boonville Elementary Boonville, NY
Canastota Elementary Canastota, NY
Sauquoit Elementary Sauquoit, NY
Parkway MiddleSchool Whitesboro, NY
Holland Patent Middle School HP, NY
Greater Plains Elementary  Oneonta, NY
General Herkimer School Utica, NY
Walbran Elementary Oriskany, NY
JD George Elementary Verona, NY
Writer's Jubilee Morrisville Elementary School







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 Illlustrations                   Ages 10-14 and up
Paperback   July 2008        Price $9.95 + tax
ALBANY HOMECOMING-Book 4

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     $9.95+tax
B&W illustrations      Ages 10-14 and up    Paperback

        Books are available at Blackberry Hill Press (from me), your local bookstore, Barnes and Noble, Reilly's Dairy- Sauquoit NY, Oneida County Historical Society, Town of Paris Historical Society, Erie Canal Village, or North Country Books, 220 Lafayette St. Utica, NY 13502 (my distributor). If your bookstore doesn't have it, ASK for it. Barnes and Noble Stores will order it for you, if your local one does not have it stock.