To Purge This Land with Blood: Biography of John Brown - Softcover

Stephen B. Oates

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0870234587 ISBN 13: 9780870234583

Publisher: University Massachusetts Press, 1984

Synopsis

Nearly one hundred fifty years after his epochal Harpers Ferry raid to free the slaves, John Brown is still one of the most controversial figures in American history. In 1970, Stephen B. Oates wrote what has come to be recognized as the definitive biography of Brown, a balanced assessment that captures the man in all his complexity. The book is now back in print in an updated edition with a new prologue by the author.

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Review:

Brown's life was filled with drama, and Oates tells his story in a manner so engrossing that the book reads like a novel, despite the fact that it is extensively documented and researched.--Eric Foner "New York Times Book Review "

About the Author:

Stephen B. Oates is Paul Murray Kendall Professor of Biography at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His most recent book is A Woman of Valor: Clara Barton and the Civil War. His other books include With Malice Toward None: The Life of Abraham Lincoln; Let the Trumpet Sound: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.; and Our Fiery Trial; Abraham Lincoln, John Brown, and the Civil War Era. He is the editor of Biography as High Adventure: Life Writers Speak on Their Art.

About this edition

• Publisher: University Massachusetts Press
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0870234587
• ISBN 13: 9780870234583
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 456