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Description edit
Bestselling author Tony Horwitz tells the electrifying 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... read more
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Characters/People edit
- John Brown: Add a description of this character.
- Aaron Stevens
- Kennedy
- Frederick Douglass
- Mary Brown
- Annie Brown
- John Cook
- Owen Brown
- John Kagi
- Franklin Sanborn
- Martha
- Gerrit Smith
- Watson Brown
- Higginson
- Thompson
- Henry
- Oliver
- Wise
- Leeman
- Byrne
- Charles Tidd
- Thoreau
- Lincoln
- Unseld
- Jennie Dunbar
- Jason
- Osborne Anderson
- Andrew Hunter
- Hazlett
- Ruth
- Edwin Coppoc
- Hugh Forbes
- Parker
- Copeland
Setting & Locations edit
- Harpers Ferry
- Virginia
- Kansas
- Maryland
- Ohio
- Charlestown
- Lewis Washington
- Potomac
- Missouri
- Iowa
- New York Tribune
- Pennsylvania
- Chambersburg
- North Elba
- Canada
- Connecticut
- United States
- Jefferson County
- Springfield
- Wager House
- South Carolina
- Richmond
- Boston
- Massachusetts
- Martinsburg
- Concord
- Africa
- Chatham
- America
- Mississippi
- Philadelphia
- California
- Winchester
- Illinois
- Baltimore
- Allstadt
- Osawatomie
- Shenandoah River
- New Jersey
- Oberlin
- Chicago
- Colonel Washington
First Sentence edit
"Men, get on your arms," the Captain said.
Table of Contents edit
Prologue: October 16, 1859
PART ONE: THE ROAD TO HARPERS FERRY
1. School of Adversity
2. I Consecrate My Life
3. A Warlike Spirit
4. First Blood
5. Secret Service
6. This Spark of Fire
PART TWO: INTO AFRICA
7. My Invisibles
8. Into the Breach
9. I Am Nearly Disposed of Now
PART THREE: THEY WILL BROWN US ALL
10. His Despised Poor
11. A Full Fountain of Bedlam
12. So Let It Be Done!
13. Dissevering the Ties That Bind Us
Epilogue: Immortal Raiders
Appendix
Author's Note
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Illustration Credits
Index
Authors & Contributors edit
- Tony Horwitz (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: October 25, 2011
ISBN: 978-0805091533
Page Count: 384
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: October 25, 2011
ISBN: 978-0805091533
Page Count: 384
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 973.7116
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Americas › United States › Civil War
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Historical › United States › Civil War
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