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Lisa Saunders, writer and member of Speakers Bureau at the State University of New York, Rockland .

Photo by Collette Fournier, RCC.

Lisa Saunders is the author of Anything But a Dog! The perfect pet for a girl with congenital CMV, Ride a Horse, Not an Elevator and EVER TRUE: A Union Private and His Wife. A public speaker, she has appeared on radio and television and at several club functions. She is a member of the Society of Mayflower Descendants, Daughters of the American Revolution and Daughters of the Union Veterans of the Civil War. She is a writer for the State University of New York at Rockland Community College and the Congenital CMV Foundation parent representative. A graduate of Cornell University, Lisa resides in New York's Historic Hudson Valley with her husband Jim and hound Bailey.

To schedule an event, please contact Lisa at Saundersbooks@aol.com

Scheduled Events

Fearless Fifties radio show

Sunday, March 8, 5 pm (EST)

Jacquline to interview Lisa for http://fearlessfifties.com/

Will discuss Lisa's work to raise CMV awarenesas and her book, Anything But a Dog!

see: http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=dgcr6bzv_28fg5nmncv&hl=en

Writing and Publishing Your Family History.doc

Thursday, March 26 at 7 p.m.,

Suffern Free Library,

Contact: Miguelina Molina, Community Services Coordinator, (845) 357-1237, mmolina@rcls.org

Writing and Publishing Your Family History.doc

Saturday, April 4, 2 p.m.

Tappan Library, Tappan, N.Y.

For more information, contact: Sara Nugent, Director,

tapl@rcls.org or website: www.taplib.org, 845-359-3877

www.blogtalkradio.com/authorsread

Saturday, April 11, Noon

Host: Lillian Brummet.

Each Authors Read segment will go like this:
50 sec. Authors Read intro (prerecorded show intro)
1 min. host monologue & guest intro (host's monolog intro for guest)
7-12 min. Author's Reading (you may send a prerecorded MP3, if you wish)
Authors Read outro (host's monolog closing info for guest)
Each segment will be included in the opt-in monthly newsletter (Brummet's Monthly) that we send out to our listeners. The episodes are also announced Book Tour and Blog The archived shows are convenient for people to access at their leisure, 24 hours / 7 days a week through the site. Visitors simply scroll through to find the show they want to hear. To find a list of all the archives, look to the right on the Authors Reads home page.

Lisa will read from: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgcr6bzv_29dbgmk2cd&hl=en

Writing and Publishing Your Family History.doc

Sunday, April 26, 2 pm

Finkelstein Memorial Library,

Spring Valley, NY.

More info: Nick Rossi, nrossi@rcls.org, 1-845-352-5700 ext. 246 www.finkelsteinlibrary.org/

Lisa Saunders is available to speak on the following topics (bio included in write-ups):

Writing and Publishing Your Family History.doc

Anything But a Dog Flyer.doc

Ride a Horse Talk and Saunders Bio.doc

Congenital CMV: Elizabeth Saunders: Forever Sweet Sixteen

Civil War: EVER TRUE and Author Bio.doc

Getting Published: Are you my publisher.doc

CMV Facts Anything But a Dog Flyer Eliz CMV Facts.doc

When Lisa Saunders speaks on EVER TRUE she covers the following topics:

How Lisa became interested in this project (her interest in the Civil War, finding the letters).
The condition of the letters.
Unrecognizable words and missing dates.

The help Lisa received from historians and the elder generation.
Where Lisa did the research (battlefields, forts, National Archives, rare books)

Artifacts and family secrets she uncovered

The background information needed to provide the context for the letters.

Deciding what to edit (Nancy's dead brother’s letters, prison and arrest records).
Nancy McDowell's role in the war (running a pie business from Fort Foote).
Other than battles, what other events can people expect to read (medical treatments, cooking and tent living, desertions, hangings, murder and theft, the occupying of a Confederate home, the stresses on Charles and Nancy’s marriage, prostitution).
Charles's impression of Lincoln and Seward.

How Nancy and Charles felt about the war and the South.
Lisa will read the letter of the Battle of Cold Harbor

Battle Lisa was most affected by.

She’ll discuss her favorite letter that speaks of his longing for Canada.
Charles and Nancy’s life after the war.

Where she did the writing.
The recipes Lisa included and why (apple pies, dumplings, hoecakes, sugar cakes, etc).

If you are looking for other speakers in the Hudson Valley area, you may contact:

Lisa Saunders (saundersbooks@aol.com) can speak on Civil War, "How to get Published" and "Raising a Child with Special Needs."

Dan McInerney, (845-357-2535) Civil War Reenactor

Phyllis Murphy (Phyllandboy@aol.com) can speak on the Daughters of the American Revolution

Marty Erickson (Marthase@aol.com) can speak on the The Brick Church and/or her family's Civil War letters

Cecile Kaufer (845-368-4939) can speak on her experiences in hiding during the Nazi occupation of France.

Linda Zimmerman http://www.frontiernet.net/~lindazim/ Can speak on Civil War and All Rockland County History.

Paul Martin http://www.paulmartinart.com/index.html President of the Rockland County Historical Society. Can speak on art and American History.

Faculty and Staff at SUNY Rockland Community College can be reached by visiting: www.sunyrockland.edu

Book Clubs/EVENTS

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