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Wednesday Oct 20, 2021
Wednesday Oct 20, 2021
Imagine walking the same, 365-mile, clockwise, circuitous route – passing through the same two dozen towns at the same hour – every 34 days, like clockwork. Imagine wearing the same leather outfit, that you sewed yourself from discarded leather pieces, and sleeping in caves. That’s just what The Leatherman did in Connecticut and New York in the 1880s. He was beloved by everyone who got the chance to see him. Who was he? Why did he do it? New England folklore expert Michael Hoberman, a professor of American Literature at Fitchburg State University in Massachusetts who has written about The Leatherman, helps us unravel some of these questions.
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