Midnight Rising

Midnight Rising John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War

Tony Horwitz2011
Chronicles the 1859 raid by radical abolitionist John Brown, his children and a guerilla band 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. 125,000 first printing.
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