Freedom Itself: An Enquiry with Witnesses

by J.B. Pick

63 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1979

About the author

John Barclay Pick was an English writer, journalist, critic and poet.

Pick received his education at Sidcot School, a Quaker institution in Somerset. He then attended Cambridge University for a year but left at the outbreak of Second World War, and due to his beliefs as a conscientious objector, joined the Friends' Ambulance Unit.

In 1943 he met, and eventually married, Gene Pick, and had two children, both sons (Peter Pick and David Pick).

The Picks moved to Wester Ross in Scotland in 1946, where John took up writing full time. In 1958 he returned to Leicester and worked in industry for some years. During the 1980's he and his family settled in Balmaclellan in Kirkcudbrightshire, where he began publishing pamphlets of his poetry.

Pick was the author of the novels, Out of the Pit, The Lonely Aren't Alone, Under the Crust, and A Land Fit for 'Eros, the last co-authored with John Atkins. He has also written a number of short stories, articles, poetry, and nonfiction works. The Last Valley was his first book published in the United States.