Books for Sale

Proceeds from the sale of these books are used to further the programs of the library or other local nonprofits.  The Mercersburg Library Association, Inc. operates the Fendrick Library and is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization.


A Look at the Civil War Era In and Around Mercersburg, Pennsylvania; Ten Articles.
By Joan C. McCulloh
The cost is $5.00 per copy. Proceeds from the sale of this book will benefit the Mercersburg Historical Society.

The purpose of study of history is not to encourage us to live in the past; it is, rather, to encourage us to understand the past and to learn from the past.
– The Editors


The Tuscarora Reader published by Mercersburg Historical Society, Nancy Heefner (Editor), Joan McCulloh (Editor), Betty Stenger (Editor).

The cost is $ 25 per copy. Proceeds from the sale of this book will benefit the Mercersburg Historical Society. 


Mercersburg In War Times, by James F. Linn Harbaugh.  This book was compiled and reprinted from the Mercersburg Journal by Henry A. Steiger.  It is an historical account of the Civil War as it relates to the citizens of Mercersburg and the surrounding community. 

The cost is $15.00 per copy. The author has generously donated the proceeds to the Fendrick Library. 

War and Redemption, by David CleutzA tale full of history, valor and grief.  Set during the Civil War and featuring sites in and around Mercersburg, it tells the story of two young men and a girl whose lives become entwined during this violent time in American history. 

The cost is $15.00 per copy. The author has generously donated the proceeds to the Fendrick Library. 

The Fendrick Papers Index is a book created by researcher James Houpt that lists all the names and items found in the collection of genealogical research done by Virginia Shannon Fendrick.  The collection is housed in the Fendrick Library history room. 

The cost of the index is $35.00 each, with all profits going to provide support for the Fendrick Library.

Journey to Gettysburg : One Family’s Civil War, by Robert J. Trout. In the early morning hours of October 10, 1862, Confederate Major J.E.B. Stuart …rode toward Chambersburg…Along the way, the gray troopers passed through the quiet town of Mercersburg…

The cost is $12.95 per copy. The author has generously donated the proceeds to the Fendrick Library. 

You’re Going to Buy This Place, Aren’t You? House with a Long Forgotten Past, by Lawrence Lengel. A fictionalized account of what might have happened when an educated professional woman discovers that the house she just bought in Pennsylvania had once been owned by a slave owner and housed a slave. She attempts, with some success, to find out what happened to the slave and in the process has several problems with the house. She also falls in love. The character, Negro Alexander, the house and the cistern are all real but the story connecting them is fiction.

The cost is $12.95 per copy. The author has generously donated the proceeds to the Fendrick Library. 

Second to No Man but the Commander in Chief, Hugh Mercer: American Patriot, by Micheal Cecere.
The cost is $20.00 per copy. The proceeds have generously to the Fendrick Library.