Fire from the Midst of You: A Religious Life of John Brown

by Louis A. DeCaro Jr.

Book Overview

Reveals a complex new portrait of John Brown, radical abolitionist and leader of the 1859 raid on Harper's Ferry

John Brown is usually remembered as a terrorist whose unbridled hatred of slavery drove him to the ill-fated raid on Harper's Ferry, Virginia, in 1859. Tried and executed for seizing the arsenal and attempting to spur a liberation movement among the slaves, Brown was the ultimate cause celebre for a country on the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081471921X
• ISBN13: 9780814719213
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 349 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.8" x 8.7"