TY - BOOK AU - Dyer, Joyce PY - 2022 DA - 2022// TI - Pursuing John Brown: on the trail of a radical abolitionist T3 - Series on Ohio history and culture ET - First edition PB - The University of Akron Press CY - Akron, Ohio KW - Abolitionists KW - United States KW - Antislavery movements KW - History AB - "The idea for Pursuing John Brown began in Hudson, Ohio, where John Brown grew up and where Joyce Dyer has lived for forty years. In 2007, a chance occurrence started her off on the pursuit of her controversial neighbor, a quest that simultaneously pulled Dyer into his century, and John Brown into hers. In this work of hybrid creative nonfiction, Dyer retraces John Brown's steps across the country, occasionally taking roads that lead to tangential sites. Along the way, intimate questions form about John Brown's personal life-his role as son, husband, father, friend. Her pursuit forces her to confront hard questions about slavery, race, violence, and American democracy and brings her closer to understanding John Brown, herself, and us"-- SN - 9781629221366 LA - English N1 - Joyce Dyer ID - 1777574870 ER -