Books of local interest

Around Oswego (Images of America Series) by Terrance M. Prior and Natalie J. Siembor (Arcadia)

Back to Before – Anecdotes from the Twentieth Century in Cayuga County, New York ; Cayuga County Bicentennial Publications Committee, Charles Itzin, compilation editor (Donning Company)

The Bay of Dead Ships by Larry Reich (Pontiac Press)

Boldt Castle - In Search of the Lost Story by Paul Malo (Laurentian Press)

The Civil War Diary and Letters of Lieutenant Lansing Bristol, 147th New York Volunteers; compiled by Joyce Hawthorne Cook (Friends of History in Fulton, NY)

Colonel Meacham’s Giant Cheese by Rosemary Nesbitt (H. Lee White Marine Museum)







Dr. Mary Walker - A Reader by Charles Groat (Oswego Town Historical Society)

Dr. Mary Walker – The Little Lady in Pants by Charles McCool Snyder (Vantage Press)

The Edge Walker’s Guide to Lake Ontario Beachcombing by Susan Peterson Gateley (Whiskey Hill Press)

The Elizabeth E. Self Guided Bay Tour by Susan Peterson Gateley

The Erie Canal – Cruising America’s Waterways by Debbie Daino Stack and Captain Ronald S. Marquisee (Media Artists, Inc.)

Erie Canal – Images of America Series; Erie Canal Museum - Martin Morganstein & Joan H. Cregg (Arcadia)








A Floating World by Paul Malo (Laurentian Press)

From Abbotts to Zurich - New York State Placenames by Ren Vasiliev (Syracuse University Press)

From "The Beach" to Brewerton. Stories of Oneida Lake by Jack Henke (North Country Books)

Great Graves of Upstate New York by Chuck D'Imperio

The Great Rope by Rosemary Nesbitt (Pontiac Engraving Company)

Haven by Ruth Gruber (Three Rivers Press)








Hit - Essays on Women's Rights by Dr. Mary Walker

The Hunter Arms Co. and the L.C. Smith Gun by Rich Beyer (R & S Antiques)








Lake Ontario Birding Hot Spots by Susan Peterson Gateley

A Little History of New York’s North Country by Helen Prescott Hastings

Lords of the Lake - The Naval War on Lake Ontario, 1812-1814 by Robert Malcomson (Naval Institute Press)

Mary Edwards Walker – Above and Beyond by Dale Walker (Tom Doherty Associates)

Mirages, Monsters, Myths and Mysteries of Lake Ontario by Susan Peterson Gateley (Whiskey Hill Press)

The Monster of Lake Ontario; retold by Rosemary Nesbitt (H. Lee White Marine Museum)

A Muskrat Ramble by Susan Peterson Gateley (Whiskey Hill Press)

New York State Canals – A Short History by F. Daniel Larkin (Purple Mountain Press)








New York State Lighthouses  by Robert Muller









Northern Oswego County by the Half-Shire Historical Society

O & W – The Long Life and Slow Death of the New York, Ontario and Western Railway by William F. Helmer (Black Dome)

The Oswego Fugues by Stephen Murabito (Star Cloud Press)







Oswego, New York and the War of 1812 by Anthony Slosek

The Oswego Public Library – A History by Tim Nekritz, ed. By Charles D. Young

Oswego Speedway – The First 50 Years by George Caruso, Jr. (Speedway Press)

Passages on Inland Waters by Susan Peterson Gateley (Whiskey Hill Press)

The Pine by Andy Fusco with George Caruso, Jr. (Speedway Press)

Ports - The Cruising Guides - Lake Ontario & the Thousand Islands






Rebekkah's Journey by Ann Burg

The Road to Seneca Falls by Judith Wellman (University of Illinois Press)

Salmon River Odyssey - The Town of Richland and Its Hamlet by Hope Irvin Marston







Seaway Trail Lighthouses by James Tinney








Scriba Anthology by Charles Young








Sleeping Around in Sterling by Hallie DeMass Sweeting









Solvay Stories: A Photo Journey through Time by Judith LaManna Rivette








Younger Than That Now by Jeff Durstewitz & Ruth Williams

Warships of the Great Lakes (1754-1834) by Robert Malcomson (Naval Institute Press)

Wedding of the Waters – The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation by Peter L. Bernstein (W.W. Norton)

Wine Tour of the Finger Lakes by Grady Wells (McBooks Press)

see a list of local area authors