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Author | : Truman Nelson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
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"Truman Nelson's biography of John Brown is a refreshing and eloquent corrective to the common misconceptions about the character and actions of this extraordinary American hero."--Howard Zinn On October 16, 1859, John Brown led a historic attack on the Harper's Ferry Armory. Nelson narrates the incredible events that unfolded that day and explodes the conventional dismissal of John Brown as a fanatic, presenting him as a revolutionary who, at the cost of his own life, helped bring an end to slavery. After Brown's execution, the great abolitionist Frederick Douglass said of him, "If John Brown did not end the war that ended slavery, he did at least begin the war that ended slavery. . . . Until this blow was struck, the prospect for freedom was dim, shadowy and uncertain. The irrepressible conflict was one of words, votes and compromises. When John Brown stretched forth his arm, the sky was cleared. The time for compromises was gone--the armed hosts of freedom stood face to face over the chasm of a broken Union--and the clash of arms was at hand. The South staked all upon getting possession of the Federal Government, and failing to do that, drew the sword of rebellion and thus made her own, and not Brown's, the lost cause of the century." Truman Nelson (1911-1987) wrote many books, including The Surveyor and The Right of Revolution.
Author | : Truman Nelson |
Publisher | : New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
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On October 16, 1859, John Brown led a historic attack on the Harper's Ferry Armory. Nelson narrates the incredible events that unfolded that day and explodes the conventional dismissal of John Brown as a fanatic, presenting him as a revolutionary who, at the cost of his own life, helped bring an end to slavery. This book is a biography of John Brown.
Author | : Price Catalog] |
Publisher | : Hardpress Publishing |
Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 2013-12 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781314729160 |
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Author | : Truman Nelson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) |
ISBN | : 9781608460786 |
Author | : Tony Horwitz |
Publisher | : Henry Holt and Company |
Total Pages | : 383 |
Release | : 2011-10-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1429996986 |
A New York Times Notable Book for 2011 A Library Journal Top Ten Best Books of 2011 A Boston Globe Best Nonfiction Book of 2011 Bestselling author Tony Horwitz tells the electrifying tale of the daring insurrection that put America on the path to bloody war Plotted in secret, launched in the dark, John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was a pivotal moment in U.S. history. But few Americans know the true story of the men and women who launched a desperate strike at the slaveholding South. Now, Midnight Rising portrays Brown's uprising in vivid color, revealing a country on the brink of explosive conflict. Brown, the descendant of New England Puritans, saw slavery as a sin against America's founding principles. Unlike most abolitionists, he was willing to take up arms, and in 1859 he prepared for battle at a hideout in Maryland, joined by his teenage daughter, three of his sons, and a guerrilla band that included former slaves and a dashing spy. On October 17, the raiders seized Harpers Ferry, stunning the nation and prompting a counterattack led by Robert E. Lee. After Brown's capture, his defiant eloquence galvanized the North and appalled the South, which considered Brown a terrorist. The raid also helped elect Abraham Lincoln, who later began to fulfill Brown's dream with the Emancipation Proclamation, a measure he called "a John Brown raid, on a gigantic scale." Tony Horwitz's riveting book travels antebellum America to deliver both a taut historical drama and a telling portrait of a nation divided—a time that still resonates in ours.
Author | : Kelsey Jopp |
Publisher | : North Star Editions, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 2020-01-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1644933195 |
This title focuses on John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry, guiding readers through its historical context, goals, and legacy. Critical thinking questions and two “Voices from the Past” special features help readers understand and analyze the various views people held at the time.
Author | : John Anthony Scott |
Publisher | : Facts on File |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780816013470 |
Describes the life of the abolitionist whose struggle to free American slaves resulted in the raid on Harpers Ferry.
Author | : William Thompson Price |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 8 |
Release | : 1895 |
Genre | : Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) |
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Author | : Boyd Blynn Stutler |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 1930 |
Genre | : History |
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Author | : John Stauffer |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 631 |
Release | : 2012-10-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0674048857 |
This landmark anthology collects speeches, letters, newspapers, journals, poems, and songs to demonstrate that John Brown’s actions at Harpers Ferry altered the course of history. Without Brown, the Civil War probably would have been delayed by four years and emancipation movements in Brazil, Cuba, even Russia might have been disrupted.