Growin' Up Brown

John Brown: America250

John Brown's great descendent, Marty Brown, will join Lou DeCaro Jr. as they commiserate about myth-busting through the decades

Marty Brown will explore what it's like growing up as part of the "first litter" of Browns: reactions from regular people, reflections on the New Yorker piece, and how our hero is portrayed in the media, academia, and folklore. Marty is a proud descendant of John Brown and Dianthe Lusk through their son Jason. She was raised in a Kansas City home with a portrait on John Brown on the wall and has spent most of her life trying to sort out John Brown's truth from the abundant fictions, myths, and lies. She is particularly interested in the children of Dianthe Lusk—how their lives were impacted by Kansas and Harpers Ferry, and what became of them and their families after the Civil War.

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