Horwitz, Tony

Summary: Chronicles the 1859 raid by radical abolitionist John Brown on Harpers Ferry, revealing how his acts, deemed terrorism by the South, prompted a counterattack by Robert E. Lee and galvanized Northern supporters during Lincoln's election campaign.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2011

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Horwitz, Tony

Summary: "The author retraces Frederick Law Olmsted's journey across the American South in the 1850s, on the eve of the Civil War. Olmsted roamed eleven states and six thousand miles, and the New York Times published his dispatches about slavery and its defenders.More than 150 years later, Tony Horwitz followed Olmsted's route, and whenever possible his mode of transport--rail, riverboats, in the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.504 HOR

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Horwitz, Tony

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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 2000

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 973.7 HOR

Horwitz, Tony

Summary: In this book the author tells the tale of the daring insurrection that put America on the path to bloody war. Plotted in secret, launched in the dark, John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was a pivotal moment in U.S. history. But few Americans know the true story of the men and women who launched a desperate strike at the slaveholding South. Now, this work portrays Brown's uprising revealing a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2011

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7116 BROWN, JOHN HOR