Emily and Mark Hunter author “Images of America: Albion and Noble County.”

NOBLE COUNTY — A husband and wife writing team have produced a book that will give Noble County area residents a photo-filled walk through local history.

“Images of America: Albion and Noble County” will be released on Aug. 24 by Arcadia Publishing, a South Carolina based publishing house with a catalog of more than 9,000 titles on local history. The books are heavily illustrated with historical photos, which challenged authors Mark R. Hunter and Emily Hunter.

The Hunters spent months gathering old photos from numerous sources, including historical organizations, collectors, and residents with scrapbooks or boxes of black and white pictures. But that was only the beginning of the job: They picked out and organized the photos to best represent various Noble County communities and the county seat, Albion; researched local history; then wrote chapter openings and captions for all the photos.

The result was well over 200 images of towns, locations, and people in Albion and Noble County, the latest in Arcadia Publishing’s “Images of America” line. The book retails for $21.99, and is available for preorder on Amazon.com and BarnesAndNoble.com. More information can be found on the publisher’s website or at the author’s website.

Book Signing

As part of the book launch, Mark and Emily will give a presentation at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 9, at the Kendallville Public Library, and will also have a book signing from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 12, at the Stone’s Trace Pioneer Festival, near Ligonier.

The Hunters previously collaborated on another history book, “Smoky Days and Sleepless Nights: A Century or so With the Albion Fire Department,” along with a humor book, “Slightly off the Mark,” and a young adult novel, “The No-Campfire Girls.” Mark R. Hunter’s other books include the romantic comedies “Storm Chaser” and “The Notorious Ian Grant,” and the story collection “Storm Chaser Shorts.”

The Hunters live a few blocks from the historical Noble County Courthouse in Albion along with their dog, Beowulf, and a python named Lucius.