Pages: 336
ISBN: 9781612009254
Pub Date: 15 Nov 2020
Imprint: Casemate Publishers
Illustrations: 40 photos, 5 maps
Pages: 336
ISBN: 9781636243221
Pub Date: 05 Aug 2023
Imprint: Casemate Publishers
Illustrations: 40 photos, 5 maps
Description:
John Brown is a common name, but the John Brown who masterminded the failed raid at Harpers Ferry was anything but common. His failed efforts have left an imprint upon our history, and his story still swirls in controversy. Was he a madman who felt his violent solution to slavery was ordained by Providence or a heroic freedom fighter who tried to liberate the downtrodden slave?