“Parents” Sharon Wood Wortman and Ed Wortman, after several years gestation, announce the third edition of The Portland Bridge Book printed by Bridgetown Printers.

Published by Urban Adventure Press, Portland, Oregon
November 20, 2006

Prominent features:

• 100 contemporary photographs,
• 50 historic photographs, 26 illustrations,
• New chapter on the Sauvie Island Bridge
• New chapter How and Why Bridges are Built
• 198-word glossary of localized and easy to understand engineering terms
• New poems and lyrics

Publication Events:

Oregon Historical Society Annual Authors Party
Free and open to the public
Miller Pavilion, 1200 SW Park Ave.
Sunday, Noon-4 p.m.
December 3, 2006

St. Johns Booksellers
Official Publication Party
with Stephen Cohen on guitar
8622 North Lombard (east end St. Johns Bridge)
Saturday, 5 p.m.
December 9, 2006

Looking Glass Bookstore
with Stephen Cohen on guitar
318 S.W. Taylor Street
Thursday, 7:00 p.m.
December 14, 2006

Powell’s Bookstore on Burnside
with Stephen Cohen on guitar
Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.
January 3, 2007