The Resource Midnight rising : John Brown and raid that sparked the Civil War, Tony Horwitz
Midnight rising : John Brown and raid that sparked the Civil War, Tony Horwitz
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- Summary
- In this book the author tells the 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, this work portrays Brown's uprising 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 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." This book travels antebellum America to deliver both a historical drama and a telling portrait of a nation divided, a time that still resonates in ours
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- pages
- Contents
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- Prologue: October 16, 1859
- pt. 1. The road to Harpers Ferry
- School of adversity
- I consecrate my life
- A warlike spirit
- First blood
- Secret service
- This spark of fire
- pt. 2. Into Africa
- My invisibles
- Into the breach
- I am nearly disposed of now
- pt. 3. They will Brown us all
- His despised poor
- A full fountain of bedlam
- So let it be done
- Dissevering the ties that bind us
- Epilogue: Immortal raiders
- Isbn
- 9780805091533
- Label
- Midnight rising : John Brown and raid that sparked the Civil War
- Title
- Midnight rising
- Title remainder
- John Brown and raid that sparked the Civil War
- Statement of responsibility
- Tony Horwitz
- Subject
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- trueLife stories -- Politics | Activists and reformers
- trueMilitants -- Biography
- trueUnited States -- History -- 19th century
- true19th century -- 1801 -- 1900
- trueAbolitionists -- United States -- Biography
- trueAbolitionists -- United States -- History -- Biography
- trueAnti-slavery movements -- History -- 19th century
- trueBiographies
- trueBrown, John, 1800-1859
- trueHarper's Ferry, West Virginia -- History | John Brown's Raid, 1859
- Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History -- John Brown's Raid, 1859
- trueHistory writing -- United States -- African American | Enslavement
- trueHistory writing -- United States -- Antebellum America
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In this book the author tells the 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, this work portrays Brown's uprising 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 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." This book travels antebellum America to deliver both a historical drama and a telling portrait of a nation divided, a time that still resonates in ours
- Summary
- Chronicles the 1859 raid by radical abolitionist John Brown on Harpers Ferry, revealing how his acts, deemed terrorism by the South, prompted a counterattack by Robert E. Lee and galvanized Northern supporters during Lincoln's election campaign
- Award
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- Library Journal Best Books, 2011.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2011.
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10009710
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1958-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Horwitz, Tony
- Dewey number
- 973.7/116
- Index
- index present
- Intended audience
- 1200L
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- Interest level
- UG
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
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- 1200
- 1200
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Reading level
- 9.2
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Study program name
- Accelerated Reader AR
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Brown, John
- Abolitionists
- Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- John Brown and the raid that sparked the Civil War
- Label
- Midnight rising : John Brown and raid that sparked the Civil War, Tony Horwitz
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: October 16, 1859 -- pt. 1. The road to Harpers Ferry -- School of adversity -- I consecrate my life -- A warlike spirit -- First blood -- Secret service -- This spark of fire -- pt. 2. Into Africa -- My invisibles -- Into the breach -- I am nearly disposed of now -- pt. 3. They will Brown us all -- His despised poor -- A full fountain of bedlam -- So let it be done -- Dissevering the ties that bind us -- Epilogue: Immortal raiders
- Control code
- 828564
- Dimensions
- cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- pages
- Isbn
- 9780805091533
- Lccn
- 2011015659
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780805091533
- (OCoLC)697267337
- Label
- Midnight rising : John Brown and raid that sparked the Civil War, Tony Horwitz
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: October 16, 1859 -- pt. 1. The road to Harpers Ferry -- School of adversity -- I consecrate my life -- A warlike spirit -- First blood -- Secret service -- This spark of fire -- pt. 2. Into Africa -- My invisibles -- Into the breach -- I am nearly disposed of now -- pt. 3. They will Brown us all -- His despised poor -- A full fountain of bedlam -- So let it be done -- Dissevering the ties that bind us -- Epilogue: Immortal raiders
- Control code
- 828564
- Dimensions
- cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- pages
- Isbn
- 9780805091533
- Lccn
- 2011015659
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780805091533
- (OCoLC)697267337
Subject
- trueLife stories -- Politics | Activists and reformers
- trueMilitants -- Biography
- trueUnited States -- History -- 19th century
- true19th century -- 1801 -- 1900
- trueAbolitionists -- United States -- Biography
- trueAbolitionists -- United States -- History -- Biography
- trueAnti-slavery movements -- History -- 19th century
- trueBiographies
- trueBrown, John, 1800-1859
- trueHarper's Ferry, West Virginia -- History | John Brown's Raid, 1859
- Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History -- John Brown's Raid, 1859
- trueHistory writing -- United States -- African American | Enslavement
- trueHistory writing -- United States -- Antebellum America
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