DOC Blockade Runners of the Confederacy by Hamilton Cochran in History

Description

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.