TY  - BOOK
AU  - Horwitz,Tony
TI  - Midnight rising: John Brown and the raid that sparked the Civil War 
SN  - 080509153X : HRD
AV  - E451 .H77 2011
U1  - 973.7/116 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New York
PB  - Henry Holt
KW  - Brown, John,
KW  - Abolitionists
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)
KW  - History
KW  - John Brown's Raid, 1859
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-344) and index; 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
N2  - 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
ER  -