| The Old Leather Man: Historical Accounts of a Connecticut and New York Legend Contributor(s): DeLuca, Dan W. (Author), Longley, Dione (Other) |
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ISBN: 0819568627 ISBN-13: 9780819568625 Publisher: Wesleyan University Press OUR PRICE: $31.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2008 Annotation: Fascinating documentation of a mysterious figure |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - New England (ct, Ma, Me, Nh, Ri, Vt) - Biography & Autobiography - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2008029053 |
| Series: Garnet Books |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 8.3" W x 11.24" (1.50 lbs) 232 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Geographic Orientation - Connecticut - Geographic Orientation - New York - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Fascinating documentation of a mysterious figure In 1883, wearing a sixty-pound suit sewn from leather boot-tops, a wanderer known only as the Leather Man began to walk a 365 mile loop between the Connecticut and Hudson Rivers that he would complete every 34 days, for almost six years. His circuit took him through at least 41 towns in southwestern Connecticut and southeastern New York, sleeping in caves, accepting food from townspeople, and speaking only in grunts and gestures along the way. What remains of the mysterious Leather Man today are the news clippings and photographs taken by the first-hand witnesses of this captivating individual. The Old Leather Man gathers the best of the early newspaper accounts of the Leather Man, and includes maps of his route, historic photographs of his shelters, the houses he was known to stop at along his way, and of the Leather Man himself. This history tracks the footsteps of the Leather Man and unravels the myths surrounding the man who made Connecticut's caves his home. |