A 2021 UPDATE: WHY NOT GIVE THE GIFT OF CROTON AUTHORS

Welcome to Everything Croton, a collection of all things Croton--our history, our homes, our issues, our businesses, our schools -- in short, EVERYTHING CROTON.

THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN....

Here's an Everything Croton thought for those hard-to-buy-for people in your lives: books written by Croton--and former Croton--or related--authors....AND MUCH MORE....There's certainly a lot to choose from and your editor and the elves have assembled a 2021 updated list--if we've missed anything notable, do send an email--and bookmark this post for periodic updates:

--KEVIN GALLAGHER, TEACHING YOUR KID TO HIT SO THEY DON'T QUIT; AVAILABLE ON AMAZON https://amzn.to/2K8mGPz

--PHYLLIS REILLY, CONEY ISLAND PHOTO BOOTH, INSTANT MEMORIES, 4 POSES FOR A QUARTER  https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2020/02/croton-resident-phyllis-reillys-book-is.html 

--FRED OPIE,  http://www.fredopie.com/books/

--THE POT O' GOLD MURDER by Shaun Coen http://bit.ly/2fM4RoE

--DEBORAH SCHUPACK  ON AMAZON

--FLESH & BLOOD, N. WEST MOSS; MORE HERE 

--NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON: Join Joel Gingold on a wide-ranging journey through eighty years of military and civilian life. YOU CAN FIND IT ON AMAZON HERE.

--Ann Crawford's book LIFE IN THE HOLLYWOOD LANE IS OUT.  In it, the author thanks Fred Blais and the Croton Shakespeare Festival in the acknowledgements. Available on Amazon HERE.

--AND FROM SUSAN KONIG'S PUBLISHING HOUSE: WILLOWSTREET PRESS:

*WHERE FAIRY TALES GO BY ANNETTE ROSS
*MEAN MOMMY BY KERRI LOUISE
*DAVE KONIG'S GOOD LUCK, MR. GORSKY https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2019/03/former-croton-resident-dave-konig.html

AND CLICK ON THE LINK FOR OTHER WILLOWSTREET PRESS OFFERINGS INCLUDING SUSAN KONIG'S BOOKS http://www.willowstreetpress.com/

ALSO FROM WILLOWSTREET PRESS, STAND BY ME, CARING FOR AGING OR AILING DOG; MORE HERE
 
--RICHARD SAVIN, A RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS; MORE HERE

--THE SPIRIT OF STONE BY JAN JOHNSEN, AVAILABLE ON AMAZON https://www.amazon.com/Spirit-Stone-Practical-Creative-Stonescaping/dp/1943366195

Ditto for GARDENTOPIA! AND NEW--FLORATOPIA  https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2021/01/congratulations-to-croton-jan-johnsen.html

 
--CORNELIA COTTON'S "STEPPING STONES"; MORE HERE

--THE CRAZY LIVES OF POLICE WIVES BY CAROLYN WHITING AND CAROLYN LAROUCHE; AVAILABLE ON AMAZON

--NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN, Biography of Dirk Berend Boonstra, by Piet Boonstra--Piet's the president of the Croton Historical Society--and this is an amazing book: MORE HERE

--THE GOLDEN AGE OF ENDUROS: Piet Boonstra has ridden motorcycles for almost a million miles, much of it in competition that has spanned seven decades. http://amzn.to/1jduQSy

--JERRY PINKNEY, THE LION & THE MOUSE; MORE HERE

--ONCE UPON A LIE (the Maive Conlon Novels) by Maggie Barbieri http://www.amazon.com/Once-Upon-Maeve-Conlon-Novels/dp/1250011671

--THE MAN I LOVE by Suanne Laqueur who taught at the Carol Bierman School of Ballet Arts in Croton-on-Hudson for ten years and is a CHHS grad, class of '86. ALSO A CHARM OF FINCHES AND MORE https://bit.ly/38Dx1gl

--JUMP! SKYDIVING MADE FUN AND EASY by Tom Buchanan; http://amzn.to/1znJ7ko

--CHRIS EPTING, A SLEW OF BOOK OFFERINGS--CLICK HERE

--THE COMMUTER by Croton journalist Patrick Oster. A thriller that tells the story of a laid-off office-worker who tracks the lives of his fellow Metro-North riders. OTHER BOOKS TOO HERE

--HAND KITTED GIFT WRAPS BY DEBORAH TOMASELLO http://amzn.to/1MG0vsl

--And of course, one of our favorite books (!) CROTON ON HUDSON--from the Croton Historical Society-- it's available just about everywhere! Members of the Croton-on-Hudson Historical Society, using their rich and diverse photographic archives, celebrate their town's history in this illuminating and fascinating portrayal. AVAILABLE HERE OR AT CROTONHISTORICALSOCIETY.ORG 

--Plumbersutra: The Art of Living in the Suburbs by Cecilia J. Kochanowski 

--FORMER CROTON RESIDENT PEGGY S. IMM-ANESI - RAINBOWS, BUTTERFLIES & ONE LAST HUG http://amzn.to/1OuBAr4

--KIRSTEIN BAKIS, LIVES OF THE MONSTER DOGS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lives_of_the_Monster_Dogs

--THANHHA LAI - LISTEN, SLOWLY, BUTTERFLY YELLOW ETC. http://www.thanhhalai.com/

--THE FOLKSINGER'S DAUGHTER, JEANNIE BRAND; MORE HERE

--FRED OPIE http://www.fredopie.com/books/

--CHARLES HOLT, THE BRIEFCASE https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2018/01/welcome-to-everything-croton-collection_26.html

--DANGEROUS MELODIES, JONATHAN ROSENBERG; ON AMAZON

--FROM CHHS ALUMNI JULIE VAN AMERONGEN, "I CAN DO HARD THINGS"....How Small Steps Equal Big Impact; read and see more here. 

--Einstein’s Shadow by Croton resident Seth Fletcher, https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0062312049/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=&sr=

--Matthew Schuerman https://press.uchicago.edu/.../chicago/N/bo26471226.html

--Assorted books by Dr. Daniel B. Botkin, CHHS class of 1955. https://www.danielbbotkin.com/books/

-- Einstein’s Shadow by Croton resident Seth Fletcher, https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0062312049/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=&sr=

P.S. AND IF YOU LOVE OLD (AND SOMETIMES COLLECTIBLE) BOOKS, CHECK OUT "THE OLD BOOK ROOM", (CORNELIA AND AMY COTTON) 111 Grand St., 271-6802; CALL AHEAD AS HOURS VARY

P.P.S. Alright--she's not a Croton author--but she is a friend and a fellow vintage Christmas village collector--so do take a look at the work of ANTOINETTE STOCKENBERG too! http://www.antoinettestockenberg.com/

P.P.S. DID YOU KNOW THE AUTHOR OF CATCH-22, JOSEPH HELLER, LIVED IN CROTON? MORE HERE.

AND ERIC KNIGHT AS WELL, AUTHOR OF LASSIE AND THIS ABOVE ALL; MORE HERE

AND FOR FANS OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, SCOTT CAMPBELL BROWN OFFERS: THE SUNSET OF GEORGE WASHINGTON  https://amzn.to/36AQH1I

AND FOR FANS OF CROTON'S MAX EASTMAN: MAX EASTMAN'S REFLECTIONS ON THE FAILURE OF SOCIALISM, FASCINATING READ https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2020/09/just-finished-max-eastmans-reflections.html