Barnes & Noble to Host Book Signing for Saucon Valley

HELLERTOWN, Pa. - Oct. 14, 2015 - PRLog -- Barnes & Noble to Host Book Signing for Saucon Valley

Local authors will be available to sign copies of Saucon Valley

Before the first European settlers arrived in the Saucon Valley, the local Native American tribe, the Lenape, named the 17-mile, eastern Pennsylvania creek Saucon, meaning “at the mouth of the creek.” Saucon Valley refers to the area drained by the Saucon Creek, a tributary of the Lehigh River.

The valley includes Hellertown and Lower Saucon Township in Northampton County. Lower Saucon Township was chartered in 1743, when it was still a part of Bucks County. The township also included South Bethlehem until 1865, and Hellertown until 1872. Before becoming a borough in 1872, Hellertown was the largest village in Lower Saucon Township for many years. Even though the two municipalities remain separate, it is today impossible to disunite the families, culture, and history that have been interwoven through the years.

Highlights of Saucon Valley include:

• All proceeds from the sale of the book will go to the Lower Saucon Township Historical Society.
• The book includes never-before-published images of Shimersville, a village that was purchased in whole by Bethlehem Steel and demolished.
• Many of the images in the book have been donated from private collections of local residents.

Join the author for a signing:

Where:  Barnes & Noble

2960 Center Valley Pkwy, Suite 742

Center Valley, PA 18034

When:  Saturday, October 24th, 2015 at 1:00pm

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at (888)-313-2665 or online (http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/9781467122894/South-River).

The combination of Arcadia Publishing & The History Press creates the largest and most comprehensive publisher of local and regional content in the USA. By empowering local history and culture enthusiasts to write local stories for local audiences, we create exceptional books that are relevant on a local and personal level, enrich lives, and bring readers closer - to their community, their neighbors, and their past. Have we done a book on your town?  Visit www.arcadiapublishing.com and www.historypress.net.