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Zoom Program: Heaven's Ditch
Heaven's Ditch by Jack Kelly illuminates the spiritual and political upheavals along this "psychic highway" from its opening in 1825 through 1844. "Wage slave" Sam Patch became America's first celebrity daredevil. William Miller envisioned the apocalypse. Farm boy Joseph Smith gave birth to Mormonism, a new and distinctly American religion. Along the way, the reader encounters America's very first "crime of the century," a treasure hunt, searing acts of violence, a visionary cross-dresser, and a panoply of fanatics, mystics, and hoaxers.
Hosted by Pittsford Library; sponsored in part by BML
Each registrant will receive the Zoom link via email prior to the program; one registrant per email address please.
- Date:
- Monday, October 27, 2025
- Time:
- 6:30pm - 7:30pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Library:
- Brighton Memorial Library
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Book Talk Lecture/Presentation Local History