Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2015. Hardcover. New hardcover covered in cloth boards and gilt lettering to spine in a new dust jacket. 8vo. (6.36 x 1.27 x 9.34 inches) Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. Includes author's notes, bibliography, and index. 476 pp.


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ISBN: 9781442236721

John Brown's failed raid on the federal armory in Harper's Ferry Virginia served as a vital precursor to the Civil War, but its importance to the struggle for justice is free standing and exceptional in the history of the United States. In Freedom's Dawn, Louis DeCaro, Jr., has written the first book devoted exclusively to Brown during the six weeks between his arrest and execution. DeCaro traces his evolution from prisoner to convicted felon, to a prophetic figure, then martyr, and finally the rise of his legacy. In doing so he touches upon major biographical themes in Brown's story, but also upon antebellum political issues, violence and terrorism, and the themes of political imprisonment and martyrdom.

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