{"product_id":"reluctant-activist-robert-bonazzi-9780875656663","title":"Reluctant Activist: The Spiritual Life and Art of John Howard Griffin","description":"This 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\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e During 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Griffin'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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Author 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Bonazzi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0875656668\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780875656663\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas Christian University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/13\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 446\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.40d","brand":"Robert Bonazzi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45478373327103,"sku":"9780875656663","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_66974eb3-e473-4d3b-a860-759b8f9725bb.jpg?v=1715935019","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reluctant-activist-robert-bonazzi-9780875656663","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}