Books
Creating the John Brown Legend
- Item Number
- 159
- Estimated Value
- 35 USD
- Opening Bid
- 12 USD
Item Description
Copy of Janet Beck's book Creating the John Brown Legend: Emerson, Thoreau, Douglass, Child and Higginson in Defense of the Raid on Harpers Ferry. One of the triggering events of the Civil War helped divide a nation but also launched a cannonade of persuasive essays and propaganda. Early press reaction to John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry ranged from indignant horror in the South to stunned disbelief in the North. Brown's supporters wielded great power with their pens: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Frederick Douglass, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, and Lydia Maria Child. This book explores the moment when literature and history collided and literature rewrote history. Features 30 photographs, maps, proclamations and broadsides, and a detailed timeline of events surrounding the raid.
Donated By:
Janet Kemper Beck
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