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Bridget's Gambit

A Local Author Talk With Craig Harwood

A historical biography of a matriarch who formed a potent entrepreneurial force with her daughters and broke glass ceilings within the patriarchal world of nineteenth century California.

Harwood’s spirited biography of an audacious, persistent woman brings to the forefront the largely unheralded contributions of women in the forming of California statehood—and restores a lost chapter to the history of the American West.

Craig S. Harwood is co-author of the award-winning Quest for Flight: John J. Montgomery and the Dawn of Aviation in the West, as well as several journal articles on the invention of flight. In addition to researching and writing about aspects of California history, he is a professional engineering geologist with more than thirty-five years of consulting experience throughout coastal California.

Registration encouraged. Walk-ins welcome. Light refreshments will be provided.