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John Brown's raid on a federal armory was the spark that ignited the long-simmering fuse of the American Civil War. This book is simply the best chronicling of the life of the man behind the legend.

Lacey Baldwin Smith takes us on a riveting journey through history as he examines one of the most baffling characteristics of the human experience: the willingness to die to sanctify a deity, defend a cause, or simply to prove a point. By delving into the psyches, politics, and personalities of

The story of a simple farmer, a shoemaker's son, who left behind the anonymity of conventional life to declare war on slavery.

Radical abolitionist and freedom-fighter John Brown inspired literary America to confrontation during his short but dramatic career as a public figure in antebellum America. Emerging from obscurity during the violent struggle to determine how Kansas would enter the Union in 1856, John Brown captured the imagination of the most prominent