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John Brown of Harper's Ferry
with contemporary prints, photographs, and maps
By Scott, John Martin & Scott, Robert Pickett
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-81601-347-0
- Publisher
- New York, N.Y. : Facts on File Publications, 1993, c1988.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 1988
Gr 8-Up This book describes the life of the abolitionist who led the famous raid on Harper's Ferry, Va., in 1859. While the Scotts consider him to have had both a sane mind and to have been a visionary in his foresight of the conflict about slavery, they also portray him as a man so obsessed with doing away with the evils of slavery that he was willing to do wrong to himself in order to f...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
