Midnight rising : John Brown and raid that sparked the Civil War

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Midnight rising : John Brown and raid that sparked the Civil War

Title remainder

John Brown and raid that sparked the Civil War

Statement of responsibility

Tony Horwitz

Creator

• trueHorwitz, Tony, 1958-

Subject

• Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History -- John Brown's Raid, 1859
• trueMilitants -- Biography
• trueUnited States -- History -- 19th century
• trueAbolitionists -- United States -- Biography
• trueAbolitionists -- United States -- History -- Biography
• trueAnti-slavery movements -- History
• trueAnti-slavery movements -- History -- 19th century
• Brown, John, 1800-1859
• trueHarper's Ferry, West Virginia -- History | John Brown's Raid, 1859

Genre

• trueBiography

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

Tone

• trueStrong sense of place

Writing style

• trueDescriptive
• trueRichly detailed

Award

• Library Journal Best Books, 2011.
• New York Times Notable Book, 2011.

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

973.7/116

Index

index present

Intended audience

1200L

Intended audience source

Lexile

Interest level

UG

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Reading level

9.2

Study program name

Accelerated Reader AR