LAKE PLACID — John Brown Farm State Historic Site is hosting a lecture by historian and author Sandra Weber on Sunday, Dec. 7 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the site’s visitor center.

This presentation is free and open to the public.

In her latest book, “John Brown in New York: The Man, His Family, and the Adirondack Landscape,” Weber offers a fresh look at the famed abolitionist, focusing on the years of the Brown family’s connection with North Elba, Essex County (1848-1863).

The intertwining story of sublime Adirondack scenery, farm life and racial justice explores John Brown not only as a national figure but as a husband, father, neighbor and man of moral fiber. Weber’s narrative bridges the myth and the man, revealing the tender and tragic heart of the Brown family story.

A Q&A session and book signing will follow the talk. Visit the historic site’s Facebook page for any event updates.

Weber, of Elizabethtown, has authored several books about the Adirondack region and is known for her dramatic portrayals of John Brown’s wife Mary Brown in “Times of Trouble,” and of Kate Field and other women in “Remarkable Women of the Adirondacks.”

John Brown Farm State Historic Site, located two miles from downtown Lake Placid, is the home and burial site of famed abolitionist John Brown. Today, the site provides tours and interpretation on the life of John Brown and introduces visitors to the 1846 “scheme of justice and benevolence” that attracted Black New York families to settle an Adirondack community that came to be called “Timbuctoo.” For more information, visit John Brown Farm State Historic Site at parks.ny.gov/historic-sites/johnbrownfarm/details.aspx.