In 18th-century England, wealthy landowners would sometimes hire people to live as hermits in secluded corners of their estates. In today's show we'll explore this odd custom and review the job requirements for life as a poetic recluse.
We'll also meet a German novelist who popularized an American West he had never seen and puzzle over some very generous bank robbers.
Sources for our feature on ornamental hermits:
Gordon Campbell, The Hermit in the Garden, 2013.
Alice Gregory, "Garden Hermit Ne...
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