Ned Anderson Book
The Sherman Historical Society is pleased to announce the publication of NED ANDERSON: Connecticut’s Appalachian Trailblazer – Small Town Renaissance Man. The biography, written and designed by Doris Tomaselli, is a 240-page paperback with a 132-page section of impressive black and white photos and documentation. The project was conceived and funded by Nancy P. Durr, who wished to honor her late father as well as Ned Anderson, who’d been a great influence to Jeff Durr. “It was to be a small booklet,” said Gloria Thorne, the Society curator, “but when Doris and I sat down and went through the materials we had collected and had been generously given by the Anderson family years earlier, we looked at each other and said, ‘Wow! This deserves to be a book.’ ”
There will be an evening discussion of the book and Appalachian Trail by the author and members of the Appalachian Mountain Club as part of the “One Lake, One Town” series sponsored by five town libraries around Candlewood Lake. That date is Wednesday, July 8th, at 7:30 PM, at Mallory Town Hall in Sherman.
The book will also be available at The Old Store, $24.95, and for purchase online here. Store hours are: Thurs-Sat, 12-4PM.
Doris Tomaselli, a longtime SHS volunteer, is the published author/designer of several children’s books. She runs her own creative studio where she works on a variety of graphics and writing projects. Visit her at www.doristomaselli.net.