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Midnight rising : John Brown and the raid that sparked the Civil War
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...
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New York :
Henry Holt,
2011.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of 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.