{"product_id":"pursuing-john-brown-on-the-trail-of-a-radical-abolitionist-paperback","title":"Pursuing John Brown: On the Trail of a Radical Abolitionist - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoyce Dyer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe idea for \u003ci\u003ePursuing John Brown\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoyce Dyer is Professor Emerita of English at Hiram College. She was the first director of the Lindsay-Crane Center for Writing and Literature at Hiram, where she held the John S. Kenyon Chair in English. She's taught nonfiction in residencies and workshops across the region. Before Hiram, she taught twelve years at Western Reserve Academy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer essays have appeared in magazines such as North American Review, Writer's Chronicle, and the New York Times, as well as numerous anthologies. Dyer is the author of four books, \u003cem\u003eThe Awakening: A Novel of Beginnings \u003c\/em\u003e(Twain\/Macmillan, 1993), \u003cem\u003eIn a Tangled Wood: An Alzheimer's Journey \u003c\/em\u003e(Southern Methodist University Press, 1996), \u003cem\u003eGum-Dipped: A Daughter Remembers Rubber Town\u003c\/em\u003e (University of Akron Press, 2003), and \u003cem\u003eGoosetown: Reconstructing an Akron Neighborhood\u003c\/em\u003e (University of Akron Press, 2010), and the editor of two others, \u003cem\u003eB\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eloodroot: Reflections on Place by Appalachian Women Writers\u003c\/em\u003e (University Press of Kentucky, 1998) and \u003cem\u003eFrom Curlers to Chainsaws: Women and Their Machines \u003c\/em\u003e(Michigan State University Press, co-editor, 2016). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe received the 1998 Appalachian Book of the Year Award, the 2009 David B. Saunders Award in Creative Nonfiction, Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Awards, and Gold Medal in the category of anthology in the 2016 Independent Publisher Book Awards contest. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 458\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.94 x 6.21 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768948621600,"sku":"9781629221366","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/185351f28d3282c542f80316e3e67011.webp?v=1780340347","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/pursuing-john-brown-on-the-trail-of-a-radical-abolitionist-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}