{"product_id":"9780875656663","title":"Reluctant Activist: The Spiritual Life and Art of John Howard Griffin","description":"\u003cbr\u003eThis authorized biography by Robert Bonazzi, executor for the estate of John Howard Griffin (1920–1980), is based upon Griffin’s \u003ci\u003eJournals\u003c\/i\u003e from 1950–1980. Griffin was blinded in the South Seas during WW II, but regained sight in 1957, after which he wrote the classic \u003ci\u003eBlack Like Me\u003c\/i\u003e (Houghton Mifflin, 1961), now translated into sixteen languages.\u003cp\u003eDuring a decade of blindness, Griffin published two novels and many short stories. His third novel, \u003ci\u003eStreet of the Seven Angels\u003c\/i\u003e, was published posthumously by Wings Press (2003). The first two novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Devil Rides Outside\u003c\/i\u003e (a banned best seller that was adjudicated by the Supreme Court not to be pornographic) and \u003ci\u003eNuni\u003c\/i\u003e are Wings Press e-books, as is a fiftieth anniversary cloth edition of \u003ci\u003eBlack Like Me\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGriffin’s \u003ci\u003eEncounters with the Other\u003c\/i\u003e (1997) and \u003ci\u003eFollow the Ecstasy\u003c\/i\u003e, about Thomas Merton’s last years (1983), were published posthumously by Latitudes Press; \u003ci\u003eFollow the Ecstasy: The Hermitage Years of Thomas Merton\u003c\/i\u003e (1993) and \u003ci\u003eScattered Shadows: A Memoir of Blindness and Vision\u003c\/i\u003e (2004) appeared posthumously from Orbis Books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Robert Bonazzi follows Griffin year by year after 1961, when Griffin toured the globe as a lecturer on human rights. In addition to Griffin’s \u003ci\u003eJournals\u003c\/i\u003e, Bonazzi’s sources include S\u003ci\u003ecattered Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e, interviews with Studs Terkel, Mike Wallace, and other sources, plus the witness of Griffin’s widow Elizabeth Griffin-Bonazzi. The author completes Griffin’s story with Griffin’s photographic portraits of Thomas Merton, among many others, and his musicological essays.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Texas Christian University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022444708080,"sku":"9780875656663","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780875656663_p0.jpg?v=1763833021","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780875656663","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}