Author Talk with Marty Podskoch – “The Connecticut 169 Club: Your Passport and Guide to Exploring Connecticut” (In-Person Event)

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Just in time for summer travel,  join us for an author talk and book signing with award-winning author and historian Marty Podskoch.  His new book, The Connecticut 169 Club: Your Passport and Guide to Exploring Connecticut, encourages travelers to visit all of the towns and villages of our beautiful and unique state.

Books will be available for purchase and signing at the event.  

This is a hybrid program, participants may choose to attend this event in person at the Library or view it live from home via Zoom. Registration is limited to 25 people for the in-person event.  By registering on this page you are registering to attend the in-person event at the library.  Include your cell phone number on the registration form and receive one text reminder, approximately 30 minutes before the program begins. 

About the book
Marty Podskoch created this book to be a guide and a passport. He found someone from each town to write a short description highlighting their town’s location, history, and interesting places to visit. The book has a space for travelers to journal about their experiences and a place to get the book stamped or signed by a resident or business.  Travelers will get to know the locals and perhaps learn about a good place to eat or an interesting local attraction and learn a lot about Connecticut and its residents in the process.  People who visit all 169 towns will receive the “Leatherman Award” patch at a luncheon or dinner held at a different town each year. The award is named after the vagabond who lived in caves and traveled a route regularly (approx. 34 days) from the Connecticut River to the Hudson River during the late 1800s.

About the Author
Martin Podskoch is an Author, Historian and East Hampton, CT resident recognized for his extensive work documenting the history of the Catskills, Adirondack Fire Towers, and the Civilian Conservation Corps camps. His first travel guide, The Adirondack 102 Club: Your Passport & Guide to the North Country has become the best-selling travel guide book in the Adirondacks.  Podskoch’s latest book, The Connecticut 169 Club: Your Passport and Guide to Exploring Connecticut, is written in the same format. 

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