John Brown's father on the day of his birth; May 9; 1800; wrote "John was born one hundred years after his great grandfather. Nothing else very uncommon." Many years later came the 1856 Pottawatomie Massacre; where his uncommon convictions led him and his band of abolitionists to kill five pro-slavery settlers in Franklin County; Kansas. Three years later; Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry and his subsequent trial and execution helped pushed an already divided nation inexorably toward civil war. This is the story of John Brown; the age he embodied and the myth he became; and how the tragic gravity of his actions transformed America's past and future. Through biographical narrative; his life and legacy are discussed as a study in metaphor and power and the nature of historical memory.
#2266000 in Books 2016-03-22Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.90 x .60 x 6.90l; .0 #File Name: 0786470690204 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. informative very interesting! an important piece of american ...By elizabeth k.informative very interesting! an important piece of american history often forgotten.
