A volcano beneath the snow : John Brown's war against slavery
(2014)
By:
Marrin, Albert
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
Y/973.711/MARRIN,A
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
244 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780307981523, 0307981525, 9780307981530 (library binding), 0307981533 (library binding)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
A house dividing -- A volcano beneath the snow -- The foulest blot : rise of the African slave trade -- An object vast in its compass -- Mighty man of valor -- Into "Africa" -- The cause he loved so much -- High noon for the Union -- Wiped out in blood -- Legacy
Examines the life of abolitionist John Brown and the raid he led on the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, in 1859, exploring his religious fanaticism and belief in "righteous violence,"--and committment to domestic terrorism
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