Local freelance writer Maureen Werther recently celebrated the launch of her new book, “Them That Has – the Story of a 1790’s Adirondack House and the People Who Made It Famous.”
Werther co-hosted an open house at the Silver Spruce Inn Bed & Breakfast, 2005 Route 9, Schroon Lake, with Phyllis Rogers, owner of the inn.
Rogers gave guided tours of the home she has turned into a successful Adirondack bed and breakfast.
“I took the expression, ‘I could write a book,’ quite literally when I learned about the house and its owners,” said Werther, adding that the Silver Spruce Inn has a fascinating and entertaining history. “It just had to be turned into a book.”
Silver Spruce Inn was originally built in the late 1700s and had a series of owners before a wealthy and eccentric heiress from Waterbury, Conn., named Sallie Miller Smith decided to buy it at the onset of Prohibition and turn it into the nearly 10,000-square-foot Adirondack retreat it is today.
In addition to the lore surrounding the house, visitors from across the country have been faithfully returning there to spend time in the Adirondacks for the last 30 years.
Werther called the event a “big success,” and she is excited about future book readings and other events that are being planned in and around Saratoga Springs.
Werther’s business, WriteForYou, offers content solutions for businesses of all sizes, creating white papers, blog posts, web page content and other professional writing services. She is also a regular contributor to local magazines and newspapers, including the Saratoga Business Journal and the Glens Falls Business Journal.