WGBH Forum Network; James Howard Kunstler: The Witch of Hebron
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James Howard Kunstler reads from his novel, The Witch of Hebron, a sequel to 2008's World Made by Hand.In The Witch of Hebron, Kunstler expands on his vision of a post-oil society with a new novel about an America in which the electricity has flickered off, the Internet is a distant memory, and the government is little more than a rumor. In the tiny hamlet of Union Grove, New York, travel is horse-drawn and farming is back at the center of life. But it's no pastoral haven. Wars are fought over dwindling resources and illness is a constant presence. Bandits roam the countryside, preying on the weak. And a sinister cult threatens to shatter Union Grove's fragile stability.
