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* results  search (Subject headings (XSP)) abolitionnistes
 restrict (Basic classification (XBKL)) 83.20
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Edition: 
First edition
Language/s: 
English
Publication statement: 
Akron, Ohio : The University of Akron Press [2021], [2022]
Extent: 
XXIV, 515 pages cm : Illustrationen
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Series: 
Note: 
Includes bibliographical references
2205
ISBN: 
978-1-62922-136-6 paperback
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Library of Congress Classification: E451
Dewey Decimal Classification: 973.7/116092 ; B
Abstract: 
"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"--
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Shelf mark: 
10 A 150759
Location: 
Potsdamer Straße
 
 
 
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