Bouckville Author @ Bookstore

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Tue, Aug 31, 2010

Local author Jim Ford will share a slide presentation based on his new book Sweet Cider Days: A History of Mott's in Bouckville, New York on Thursday, Sept. 16 at 7 p.m. at the Colgate Bookstore. A book-signing and reception will follow. This event is free and open to the public.

Most people have seen apple sauce or juice by Mott's in the grocery store. But how many people know that the company has roots in Upstate New York, in the tiny hamlet of Bouckville? Sweet Cider Days follows the story of the remarkable Mott family, beginning with the time of their arrival in central New York in 1868.

Jim Ford is a native of Madison, New York and attended Madison Central Schools and Oneonta State College. His Master's work was done at Colgate. Ford taught junior high history for 34 years and for the past six years has been publishing a history of the Town of Madison.

His previous book was The Pride of Cidertown, a history of Bouckville Summits baseball team.

Source: Colgate Bookstore

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