Author Linda Barth will be signing copies of her new book Bridgetender’s Boy, the Adventure Continues on the Morris Canal

Linda Barth has been a fan of New Jersey for a long time. A lifelong resident of the Garden State, Linda has written two books on the D&R Canal and three children’s picture books, Bridgetender’s Boy, Hidden New Jersey, and Alice Paul: Champion of Women’s Rights. She has also authored A History of Inventing in New Jersey: From Thomas Edison to the Ice Cream Cone and New Jersey Originals. With her husband she has published The Millstone Valley Through Time and Somerville Through Time. She has also contributed to the Encyclopedia of New Jersey. She and her husband have enjoyed cruising at the speed on 4 miles per hour on the canals of England, Scotland, France, and Canada. For the Canal Society of New Jersey, they have led canal bus tours throughout the Northeastern states. Linda Barth spent 45 years in the Bridgewater-Raritan School District, teaching fourth grade and then substituting after retirement. She is the executive director of the League of Historical Societies of New Jersey and president of the D&R Canal Watch, a friends organization of the D&R Canal State Park.

Bridgetender’s Boy, the Adventure Continues on the Morris Canal  Young Josh has been working as a mule driver, helping a friend who has been injured. Now he is asked to help his Uncle Mike on the Morris Canal. As Josh soon finds out, there are many differences between this canal and the Delaware and Raritan, where is has been working. He learns about the inclined planes and the big cities of New Jersey. Everything is going smoothly until his uncle is hurt. And then…