DRESDEN — Author T. Blen Parker will share the first of a trilogy of historical novels revolving around the very real Swan Island in the Kennebec River 10 a.m. Saturday, April 13, at at Bridge Academy Public Library, 44 Middle Road.
The story begins in the first novel, “Swan Island in the Kennebec,” with the arrival of Englishmen at Sabino in 1607 and encompasses the time period of first contact between coastal explorers and fur traders with Abenaki natives in the 1600’s, who named the island Sowan-gen or Swan.
The library is handicapped accessible and the event is free.
For more information, call 207-737-8810.
