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Cargando... A Volcano Beneath the Snow: John Brown's War Against Slavery (2014)por Albert Marrin
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. The biography uses primary source documents to chronicle Brown’s life and family, the abolitionists, killings at Pottawatomie, Kansas, the uprising at Harpers Ferry, and Brown’s trial and hanging. The Civil War, Emancipation Proclamation, slavery and free blacks are part of the well-authenticated story. I had not heard of John Brown before I picked up this book and I'm sort of ashamed because I consider myself a civil war aficionado. While parts of this book felt extremely long, the photos and portraits did break up the narrative nicely. I would recommend this to lovers of history or who just want to learn more about obscure history. 5 out of 5 stars. Marrin writes as much about the history of slavery and the Civil War as he does about John Brown, but it's helpful in putting Brown's actions into an understandable context. Marrin does quite a good job discussing Brown as a terrorist and comparing his actions to those committed in recent times. Well-research, engrossing, thoughtful, and insightful. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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Examines the life of abolitionist John Brown and the raid he led on the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, in 1859, exploring his religious fanaticism and belief in "righteous violence,"--and committment to domestic terrorism. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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