Horwitz, Tony,  1958- <br/><br/>
Midnight rising :  John Brown and the raid that sparked the Civil War / 
Tony Horwitz. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  Henry Holt,  2011. 
 - xii, 365 p. :  ill., maps ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-344) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> Chronicles the 1859 raid by radical abolitionist John Brown on Harpers Ferry, revealing how his acts, deemed terrorism by the South, prompted a counterattack by Robert E. Lee and galvanized Northern supporters during Lincoln's election campaign. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>080509153X : HRD  $29.00 9780805091533 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> Henry Holt & Co, C/O Mps 175 Fifth Ave, New York, NY, USA, 10010 SAN 631-5011 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011015659 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Brown, John, 1800-1859. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Abolitionists--United States--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)--History--John Brown's Raid, 1859.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E451  / .H77 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973.7/116