NW Authors Series and Cannon Beach History Center Present Jane Kirkpatrick

The library is partnering with the Cannon Beach History Center & Museum to welcome Jane Kirkpatrick for two talks on Saturday June 7. Kirkpatrick will talk about her recent book and the plans for her trilogy at 2 p.m. at the History Center (1387 S. Spruce) and at 5:30 at the library.
Bend resident Kirkpatrick, an award-winning author of more than 40 books of historical fiction and nonfiction, has just published “Across the Crying Sands,” the first book of what will be a trilogy titled Women of Cannon Beach. “Across the Crying Sands” is based on the life of Mary Edwards Gerritse, an intrepid woman who rode a mail route between Nehalem and Seaside from 1897 to 1902. Riding her trusty horse, Gerritse braved bad weather, treacherous terrain and encounters with bears and cougars to deliver the mail.
Kirkpatrick captures Gerritse’s adventurous spirit and the hardships of homesteading on the Oregon coast in the late 1880s, and asks questions about the fictional Gerritse’s past, questions that will be answered in the next two books of the trilogy. Books will be available for sale and signing at both venues, and the library program will be live streamed to our Facebook page.

You may also like the following events from Cannon Beach Library:

• Next Saturday, 14th June, 11:00 am, Summer Reading KICKOFF PARTY and Game Day - Level Up in Cannon Beach! in Cannon Beach
• This month, 18th June, 07:00 pm, Cannon Beach Reads Monthly Book Club in Cannon Beach
• Next month, 3rd July, 05:00 pm, 4th of July Book Sale Fundraiser in Cannon Beach

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