Title: Forgotten history
Product review: This is a work of fiction that reads like a memoir about the work of the abolitionist John Brown told from the perspective of his son Owen, now an old man who has moved to California, living as a recluse in the mountains. He dwells at length about the family dynamics with a powerful father who believes his purpose on earth is to lead all the slaves to freedom and to kill all slave owners and traders, to "bleed the South white." We learn about the family's work with the Underground Railroad in upstate New York and the events which led to "bloody Kansas" and eventually Harpers Ferry and the death of John, his sons and accomplices. In retelling his past to a young biographer who has sought him out, Owen is very introspective, examining his thoughts and feelings about his father and how John Brown caused the family to be caught up in his messianic delusions.
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