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Trodd - Meteor of War - 9781881089391 - V9781881089391
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Meteor of War

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Description for Meteor of War Paperback. Few men in American history have been at once as glorified and maligned as John Brown. From his attack of the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, in October 1859, as part of a scheme to free the slaves, Brown has been called a saint and sinner, rogue and redeemer, martyr and madman. Editor(s): Trodd, Zoe; Stauffer, John. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
Few men in American history have been at once as glorified and maligned as John Brown. From his attack of the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, in October 1859, as part of a scheme to free the slaves, Brown has been called a saint and sinner, rogue and redeemer, martyr and madman. Brown rebelled against the American government, and he murdered men in Kansas in order to end the murderous institution of slavery. He denounced war, but made war on his government in order to end an existing war for slavery.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Canada Ltd Canada
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781881089391
SKU
V9781881089391
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Trodd
Zoe Trodd is on the Tutorial Board in the History and Literature department at Harvard University, where she researches American protest literature. Her other books include American Protest Literature (2006), To Plead Our Own Cause: Personal Stories by Today’s Slaves (2008), and The Long Civil Rights Movement (2008). She has also published numerous articles on American literature, history and visual ... Read more

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