Robert C Conner

This is the second novel and fourth book by Robert C. Conner. He lived at the Catholic Worker farm in Tivoli, NY, during 1974 and 1975, where he met Dorothy Day.

Conner's previous novel was The Last Circle of Ulysses Grant (Square Crcle Press, 2018). He also wrote two biographies published by Casemate: James Montgomery: Abolitionist Warrior (2022), and General Gordon Granger: The Savior of Chickamauga and the Man Behind "Juneteenth" (2013).

A former journalist, he won two first-place writing awards from the New York Associated Press Association for newspapers with circulation between 50,000 and 200,000. Other jobs have ranged from bicycle messenger to drug counselor. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of New York University.

Bob Conner and his wife Barbara have been married for 41 years in upstate New York. They have three adult children and six grandchildren, and remain active in community service.