{"product_id":"reluctant-activist-the-spiritual-life-and-art-of-john-howard-griffin-paperback","title":"Reluctant Activist: The Spiritual Life and Art of John Howard Griffin - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Bonazzi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor of \u003ci\u003eMan in the Mirror: The Story of Black Like Me\u003c\/i\u003e (Orbis, 1997), ROBERT BONAZZI also wrote the afterword for the Penguin edition of \u003ci\u003eBlack Like Me\u003c\/i\u003e. His books include \u003ci\u003eAwakened by Surprise\u003c\/i\u003e (fiction, Lamar University Literary Press, 2016), \u003ci\u003eOutside the Margins\u003c\/i\u003e (literary essays, Wings, 2015), plus five books of poetry, most recently \u003ci\u003eThe Scribbling Cure\u003c\/i\u003e (Pecan Grove Press, 2012). He lives in San Antonio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 446\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 13, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49108436091032,"sku":"9780875656663","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/cLsqNT5soW9780875656663.webp?v=1778774045","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobooks.myshopify.com\/products\/reluctant-activist-the-spiritual-life-and-art-of-john-howard-griffin-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}