A provocative memoir describes one family's efforts to come to terms with its past as America's most powerful slave-trading dynasty by following the trade route from New England, to West Africa, to Cuba while confronting the horrors of slavery firsthand and its modern-day legacy for Americans of all races.
Thomas Norman DeWolf was born in California and educated at the University of Oregon. He served as city councilor, county commissioner, and for nine years on the Oregon Arts Commission. His years of public service focused on literacy, children's issues, and restorative justice. A member of the Pacific Northwest Writers Association, he lives with his wife in Oregon.