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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
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- Publicado en
- 2012
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- Título
- Midnight Rising
- Subtítulo
- John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War
- Idioma
- Inglés
- Autores
- Tony Horwitz
- Editorial
- Picador
- Publicado en
- 2012
- Formato
- Tapa blanda
- Páginas
- 384
- ISBN10
- 0312429266
- ISBN13
- 9780312429263
- Serie
- Etiquetas
- No ficción, Tema histórico, EE.UU., Historia militar, Guerras, Militar, Literatura americana, Biografías, Siglo XIX, Historia de EE. UU., Literatura afroamericana, Guerra Civil, América del Norte, Guerra Civil Americana (1861-1865)
- Descripción
- <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.