CARRABASSETT VALLEY — The Carrabassett Valley Public Library will host a book talk Friday, March 29, focusing on “Cornelia ‘Fly Rod’ Crosby, Champion of Maine” — an illustrated book, appropriate for all ages, detailing the life of Maine’s first registered.
The talk, with the book’s author, Pam Matthews, will be at 4 p.m. The book is illustrated by Heidi Kendrick.
Crosby, born in Phillips in 1854, was a “sickly, but feisty,” little girl. As an adult, she still battled illness, but also wrote about fishing and hunting, helped to create conservation, hunting and fishing laws, marketed the state of Maine as a destination for outdoor sports and recreation and broke barriers for women.
In addition to the library presentation, author Pam Matthews will bring classroom visits to the Kingfield and Stratton Elementary Schools the same day, sponsored by the Carrabassett Valley Public Library’s Maggie Trafton Memorial Fund.
The library program is free and open to the public. Matthews comes in full dress as Fly Rod Crosby and will be available after her talk to sign and sell copies of the book.
