“Manhattan: Seeds of the Big Apple” by Gloria Waldron Hukle, available currently in both hard and soft cover, is now available (January 2010) in electronic version as an ebook. Hukle’s story of early Manhattan was the lead novel for the Waldron series (followed by “Threads – An American Tapestry” and “The Diary of a Northern Moon”).

“Manhattan: Seeds of the Big Apple” opens in 1653 when lower Manhattan was a Dutch community of about 120 houses, its people protected by a fort and a log wall which stood as a defense against Indian attacks. Today’s Wall Street follows the line of that ancient plank wall.

With historic accuracy Hukle tells the story of Sheriff Resolved Waldron, his wife, Tennake, and their three children who lived at the present day crossing of Wall Street and Broadway. There, along with them on Block B, across the street from [...]

For immediate release: December 29, 2009

Albany, NY – The Junior League of Albany (JLA) presents Rock for Reading, a fund-raising event featuring local bands The Stynals, The Foy Brothers and the Bent Rail Blues Band, as well as comedian/emcee Donnell Ellis. This event is open to the public and takes place on Saturday, January 9, 2010 at Red Square (388 Broadway, Albany) beginning at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $10 at the door; patrons must be at least 21 years of age to attend. Proceeds from the event will benefit the JLA and its newest project, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.

About Dolly’s Imagination Library:

The JLA adopted Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library as our project for 2008-2013. Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library was developed in 1995 by Dolly Parton to provide every preschool child in her hometown with their own library of books to encourage in them [...]