John Brown in New York: The Man, His family, and the Adirondack Landscape with Author Sandra Weber

Join the New York State Museum for a compelling lecture with author, historian, and storyteller Sandra Weber, featuring her newest book, John Brown in New York: The Man, His Family, and the Adirondack Landscape.

Weber offers an intimate and deeply human portrait of the famed abolitionist, focusing on the years of the Brown family’s connection with North Elba, Essex County (1848–1863), where they farmed, raised children, and forged powerful bonds with Black neighbors and fellow settlers. Set against the rugged beauty of the Adirondack Mountains, this biography explores John Brown not only as a national figure but as a husband, father, farmer, and advocate for justice whose moral convictions shaped his life’s mission. Weber’s insightful narrative bridges the myth and the man, revealing the emotional heart of the Brown family story.

A Q&A session and book signing will follow the talk.