Author Marilyn Higgins will discuss her recent novel about the Erie Canal's history and people, "Dreams of Freedom: An Irish Woman's Story of Love, Justice and a Young Nation Coming Apart"
Author Marilyn Higgins will discuss her book, Dreams of Freedom: An Irish Woman's Story of Love, Justice and a Young Nation Coming Apart. Here's more on this regional-historical novel:
"In this chaotic setting, twenty-year-old Irish immigrant, Aileen O’Malley, came in search of her indentured father and kidnapped younger siblings, stepping into the epicenter of a growing maelstrom of violence along the Erie Canal.
Deeply relieved to have escaped a powerful man intent on forcing her to marry him in Ireland, Aileen falls in love with a vibrant, idealistic abolitionist, Jedidiah, who helps her desperate search for her family, with the odds of finding them dwindling by the day.
They encounter violence, slave-catchers, charlatans, and tragedy. After witnessing an enslaved man and woman taking their own lives to escape re-capture, they commit their souls and energies to the abolitionist movement."
AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adult |
EVENT TYPE: | History | Adult Programs |
To locate the Library proceed north on Route 28 until you reach the five-way intersection in the center of the village. Then turn left onto Crosby Blvd. and travel one-half block. The Library, a Tudor-style building, is located on the right. Parking is in the rear.
