Jefferson Navicky | Madam Wood & Tales of the Night: Maine's First Novelist

Sally (Sarah) Sayward Barrell Keating Wood (1759-1855) – “Madam Wood” – lived more than nine decades, authored four novels and one collection of tales, and was renowned as Maine’s first novelist. Poet and Archivist Jefferson Navicky will talk about Wood’s life, and her impact on Maine as a novelist. He will focus his talk on Wood’s 1827 book, Tales of the Night, which consists of two novellas, “Storms and Sunshine” and “The Hermitage.”