Local Author Reading Aug 11

ANDES —  LOCAL AUTHOR JENNIFER KABAT TO READ FROM HER NEW BOOK, THE EIGHTH MOON, AT THE HUNTING TAVERN MUSEUM ON SUNDAY AUGUST 11TH, 2 pm, sponsored by the Andes Society for History and Culture (ASHC) 

When Jennifer Kabat moves to the Catskills in 2005, she has no idea it was the site of the Anti-Rent War, an early episode of American rural populism. As she forges friendships with her new neighbors and explores the countryside she slowly learns of the 1840’s uprising, when poor tenant farmers fought to redistribute their landlords’ vast estates. 

On Andes Community Day Weekend Jennifer will do a reading and engage the audience in conversation about the book. She will include information on her research that went into THE EIGHTH MOON, A MEMOIR OF BELONGING AND REBELLION, including the title, which is taken from an anonymous threatening letter written by an Anti-Renter. 

The author is keen to speak at the same location where Osman Steele, the Undersheriff who was shot at an Andes farm, had his last meal and declared “Lead Cannot Penetrate Steele”. The Hunting Tavern Museum is located at 288 Main Street, Andes. The program begins at 2 pm on Sunday, August 11. It is Free, and all are welcome.