TY - BOOK AU - Horwitz,Tony TI - Midnight rising: John Brown and raid that sparked the Civil War T2 - Thorndike Press large print nonfiction SN - 1410441865 (lg. print) PY - 2011/// CY - Detroit, [Mich.] PB - Thorndike Press/Gale Cengage Learning KW - Brown, John, KW - Abolitionists KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) KW - History KW - John Brown's Raid, 1859 KW - Large type books N1 - "Unabridged"--T.p. verso; Originally published: New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2011; Includes bibliographical references (p. 639-646) N2 - 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 ER -