Książka Midnight Rising Tony Horwitz

Midnight Rising

John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War

Autor: Tony Horwitz
Język: Angielski
Oprawa: Miękka
Wydawca: Picador USA
Dostępność: Dostępna u dostawcy
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Plotted in secret, launched in the dark, John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was a pivotal moment in...

Informacje o książce

Autor
Język
Angielski
Oprawa
Książka - Miękka
Data wydania
2012
strony
384
EAN
9780312429263
ISBN
0312429266
Enbook ID
04875503
Wydawca
Waga
349
Wymiary
140 x 210 x 25

Pełny opis

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, "Midnight Rising" portrays Brown's uprising in vivid colour, 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 dashing spy. On October 17, the raiders seized Harpers Ferry, stunning the nation and prompting a counter-attack 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 fulfil Brown's dream with the Emancipation Proclamation, a measure he called "a John Brown raid, on a gigantic scale."

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