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Local author Pete Avera offers moderated talk on motivations behind Lexington and Concord
Summary
At the Jan. 15 Sudbury 250 Committee meeting, resident and author Pete Avera described his novel Each Half a Hand and proposed a moderated public conversation about what motivated local residents on April 19, 1775. Committee members expressed interest in hosting the talk as part of the town's 250th programming.
Pete Avera, a Sudbury resident and author, presented a proposal to the Sudbury 250 Committee on Jan. 15 to host a moderated public conversation — and potentially a panel — on how literature and film portray Lexington and Concord and what motivated local people on April 19, 1775.
Avera said his novel, Each Half a Hand, tries to portray both British and colonial perspectives and to probe the motives of ordinary people who rose that morning. "This isn't about taxes," Avera told the committee during his remarks. "This is about a government that's…
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