Tales of the Sea
Author Talk with Cynthia Elder

Tuesday, March 24 at 2:00 p.m.
In-person in Community Rooms AB

Join author Cynthia Elder for a look behind the scenes of her new historical fiction series, Tales of the Sea, based on hundreds of pages of unpublished ship’s logs, letters and journals from the Jenkins and Fish families of Cape Cod in the mid-1800s. Learn the true story of a seafaring family during the final chapter of the Great Age of Sail and the years leading up to and through the Civil War.

The two books in the series, The Journey Begins and The Drumbeats of War, will be available for sale and signing.

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About the Author:

Cynthia Elder is a novelist, poet and nonprofit leader. She has a BA in creative writing from Roger Williams University and an MPA from Brown University. Elder is executive director of the Barrington Land Conservation Trust, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving open space and educating the public about natural resources. She is currently researching a freedom seeker from 1816 whose story was found in her husband’s family records.

Learn more about Cynthia, and her Tales of the Sea series, on her website: cynthiaelder.com