Out of the Box: an Ohio Orphan's Unlikely Journey through Teenage Entrepreneurship, Military Conscription, the Plain Mennonites, and a Search for Family

by John Freeman

An Ohio Orphan's Unlikely Journey Through Teenager Entrepreneurship, Military Conscription, the Plain Mennonites and His Quest for Family As a newborn, John Freeman was abandoned outside a Zanesville Ohio Hospital by a desperate mother. He spent his early years inquisitively exploring how things worked, from electric lamps to car engines, to the world at large and sometimes with surprising results. As the years passed, he started questioning his place in the world. Tragic loss and the kindness of strangers led him into a Conservative Mennonite church. Despite feeling at home there, the mystery of his birth haunted him, until he set out to find answers, a search that would eventually take him across the ocean. Written in an approachable, common style and filled with curiosity and humor, John's autobiography is flush with amusing vignettes and deep reflection. 2022

272 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2022

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John Freeman - English poet and essayist, 1880-1929

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John Freeman - British politician, diplomat, broadcaster, 1915-2014