Berkshire Free Library’s annual fall book sale will be held on Friday, Sept. 1 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday, Sept. 2 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Tuesday, Sept. 5 through Friday, Sept. 8 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Saturday, Sept. 9 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the lower level of the Berkshire Community Hall behind the library.
A large variety of newer fiction and non-fiction has been donated this year including children’s books and paperbacks. A group of vinyl records, DVD’s, CD’s, and other media will be available. Proceeds from the used book sale will be put toward the library’s operating budget.
Several books by local authors will also be available including the second and third books on the Town of Berkshire by Ray Hunt and Maurice Stoughton and Jerry Marsh’s The Brotherhood of Battle; the Civil War Soldiers and families of Newark Valley, N.Y.
Jerry has done extensive research on Company H, 109th N.Y. volunteers, as well as genealogy and stories of their families. Mary Jordan and Joyce Hatch’s award winning book, Dear Friend Amelia, The Civil War Letters of Private John Tidd, the poignant story of a Speedsville area soldier.
Mary Jordan’s 109th N.Y. Volunteer Infantry Remembered 1862-1865; Charles Yaple’s long awaited Jacob’s Land: Revolutionary War Soldiers, Schemers, Scoundrels, and the Settling of NY Frontier and his popular work, Foxey Brown will be on sale.
Tickets will also be available toward a beautiful quilt, which will be raffled at the Richford Potato Festival on Sept. 17 to benefit the Richford Historical Society.
The Berkshire Free Library is located at the corner of State Route 38 and Jewett Hill Road in Berkshire.
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