Midnight rising : John Brown and raid that sparked the Civil War / Tony Horwitz.
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TextSeries: Thorndike Press large print nonfiction | Thorndike Press large print nonfiction seriesPublication details: Detroit, [Mich.] : Thorndike Press/Gale Cengage Learning, 2011.Edition: Large print edDescription: 661 p. (large print) : ill., map ; 23 cmISBN: - 1410441865 (lg. print)
- 9781410441867 (lg. print)
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Main Library | Large Print NonFiction | 973.7114 H824 | Available | Some pages are ripped from printing. 11/13/13 | 33111006661330 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
John 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. On October 17, the raiders seized Harpers Ferry, stunning the nation. After Brown's capture, his defiant eloquence galvanized the North and appalled the South. 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." Book jacket.
"Unabridged"--T.p. verso.
Originally published: New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2011.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 639-646).
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.