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Bike-Walk Alliance of NH ==
May 7 Book Signing Party to Celebrate New Hampshire Rail Trails
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
On Wednesday, May 7th, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. New London author Charles Martin
will sign copies of his new book, New Hampshire Rail Trails, at the Highland
Lake Inn, 32 Maple Street, East Andover, NH (603-735-6426). Published by railroad
history specialists Branch Line Press, New Hampshire Rail Trails which will
be on sale and personally inscribed by Mr. Martin at this event is the definitive
guide to New Hampshire rail trails.
The book has over 300 pages describing 37 existing and 5 proposed rail trails, 181 pictures and 95 maps. The rail trails are rated for scenery and surface, and each entry has information about where it starts, where it ends, the mileage, scenery and trail surface, permitted uses, who owns the rail trail and who maintains it. There is also historical information about the railroad that built the original rail bed.
Mr. Martin, a Harvard- and Berkeley-educated mathematician, spent two years researching and photographing New Hampshire rail trails, mostly by bicycle. He says, "I think New Hampshire is incredibly lucky to have such a wonderful network of rail trails. It’s one of the least known attractions in the state. That’s one of the reasons I thought the book was needed."
Special guest, Craig Della Penna, who is widely recognized as the foremost expert on rail trails in the Northeast will attend the Book Signing Party. He worked for twenty years in the railroad industry and for eight years as the New England Field Representative for the Rails to Trails Conservancy. Craig is the author of rail trail guides to New England, New York, and New Jersey.
The book signing
party is open to all and refreshments will be served. The Highland Lake Inn,
the Welcome Center for the Northern Rail Trail, overlooks the latest segment
of hard-pack-covered rail trail built by the Friends of the Northern Rail Trail
in Merrimack County (FNRT-MC), of which Mr. Martin is the Treasurer. For directions,
visit the Highland Lake Inn's website: www.highlandlakeinn.com.
For further information, call Myra Mayman (603)735-5071.
The price
of New Hampshire Rail Trails is $19.95 and may be ordered from the publisher
at www.BranchLinePress.com
or from www.Amazon.com. If
the author's signature is desired, either attend the book signing party on May
7 or to go to the book's companion web site, www.NHRailTrails.org.
Happy reading!
