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<b>A <i>New York Times</i> Notable Book for 2011</b><b></b> <b>A <i>Library Journal </i>Top Ten Best Books of 2011</b> <b></b><b>A <i>Boston Globe</i> Best Nonfiction Book of 2011</b> Late on the night of October 16, 1859, John Brown launched a surprise raid on the slaveholding South. Leading a biracial band of militant idealists, he seized the massive armory at Harpers Ferry, freed and armed slaves, and vowed to liberate every bondsman in America. Brown's daring strike sparked a savage street fight and a counterattack by U.S. Marines under Robert E. Lee. The bloodshed and court drama that followed also shocked a divided nation and propelled it toward civil war. Tony Horwitz's <i>Midnight Rising</i> brings Brown and his uprising vividly to life and charts America's descent into explosive conflict. The result is a taut and indispensable history of a man and a time that still resonate in our own.
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Midnight Rising, Tony Horwitz
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2012
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- Titolo
- Midnight Rising
- Sottotitolo
- John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Tony Horwitz
- Editore
- Picador
- Pubblicato
- 2012
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 384
- ISBN10
- 0312429266
- ISBN13
- 9780312429263
- Serie
- Tag
- Saggistica, Tema stórico, USA, Storia Militare, Guerre, Forze armate, Letteratura Americana, Biografie, XIX Secolo, Storia degli Stati Uniti, Letteratura afroamericana, Guerra Civile, America Settentrionale, Guerra di Secessione (1861-1865)
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- <b>A <i>New York Times</i> Notable Book for 2011</b><b></b> <b>A <i>Library Journal </i>Top Ten Best Books of 2011</b> <b></b><b>A <i>Boston Globe</i> Best Nonfiction Book of 2011</b> Late on the night of October 16, 1859, John Brown launched a surprise raid on the slaveholding South. Leading a biracial band of militant idealists, he seized the massive armory at Harpers Ferry, freed and armed slaves, and vowed to liberate every bondsman in America. Brown's daring strike sparked a savage street fight and a counterattack by U.S. Marines under Robert E. Lee. The bloodshed and court drama that followed also shocked a divided nation and propelled it toward civil war. Tony Horwitz's <i>Midnight Rising</i> brings Brown and his uprising vividly to life and charts America's descent into explosive conflict. The result is a taut and indispensable history of a man and a time that still resonate in our own.