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Cynthia Elder


Fri, Apr 25
|Bristol Yacht Club
Book Tour: "Tales of the Sea"
Join Cynthia Elder for a look behind the scenes of her new historical novel. Registration opening soon (members & guests of Bristol Yacht Club only).
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Apr 25, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Bristol Yacht Club, 101 Poppasquash Rd, Bristol, RI 02809, USA
About the event
Registration opening soon (members & guests only)
Join Cynthia Elder for a look behind the scenes of her new historical novel, Tales of the Sea. Based on hundreds of pages of original ship's logs, letters and journals, the book reveals the true story of a seafaring family from West Barnstable, Massachusetts, during the final chapter of the Great Age of Sail and the tumultuous years of the Civil War.

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