Author Thomm Quackenbush Visits Red Hook Library

RED HOOK, N.Y. – Author Thomm Quackenbush visited the Red Hook Library's Enchanted Cafe on Thursday to chat about the local myths and legends throughout the area.

<p>Author Thomm Quackenbush speaks at the Red Hook Library on Thursday.</p> — Author Thomm Quackenbush speaks at the Red Hook Library on Thursday.
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Jim Barg

10/26/2015 4:00 p.m.

Quackenbush covered myths like the Legend of Leatherman, a vagrant who reportedly wandered in a 360-mile route every 30 days in a suit of shoe leather, and the area's UFO issues of the 1980s. Even Bigfoot made an appearance.

Quackenbush has published four books and is also an editor and columnist.

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