New Book Offers Fresh Look at John Brown Story

Controversial author, Tony Horwitz, offers his interpretation of the story of John Brown, including the latter's time in "Bleeding Kansas" and his raid on Harper's Ferry which, Horwitz claims, was a critical factor in the secession movement which led to the Civil War.


Post & Courier Review:
Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War

Books by Tony Horwitz:


• Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War
  
  
• Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War
  
  
• A Voyage Long and Strange: On the Trail of Vikings, Conquistadors, Lost Colonists, and Other Adventurers in Early America
  
  
• Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before
  
  
• Baghdad without a Map and Other Misadventures in Arabia
  

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