Sweet Thursday Presents Craig C. Harwood- Bridget's Gambit

In 1828 Bridget Miranda Evoy escaped famine-stricken Ireland with her children for a better life in America. Within two years, she was a widow left to raise five children after the untimely death of her husband. Finding herself in dire straits in “The Gateway to the West,” Bridget’s Gambit tells the story how this remarkable young widow managed to make her way to California and become an entrepreneur during the Gold Rush.

In this engrossing family saga, author Craig C. Harwood, recounts the adventures and accomplishments of this singularly determined woman and her daughters, from harrowing overland crossing in the winter of 1849 to innovative efforts to build an empire in defiance of the social and gender constraints of the Victorian Era.