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Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War
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Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War Paperback - 2012

by Horwitz, Tony

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Bestselling author Horwitz tells the electrifying 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.

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Picador, 2012-08-07. Paperback. Good. Contains underlining and dog eared pages which were corrected. The binding is tight.
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  • Title Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War
  • Author Horwitz, Tony
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: First
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Picador, New York
  • Date 2012-08-07
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 220205063
  • ISBN 9780312429263 / 0312429266
  • Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.3 x 5.5 x 1 in (21.08 x 13.97 x 2.54 cm)
  • Reading level 1200
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Geographic Orientation: Virginia
    • Topical: Black History
    • Topical: Civil War
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - History - Civil War,, Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) - History - John
  • Dewey Decimal Code 973.711

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Citations

  • New York Times Book Review, 09/16/2012, Page 28

About the author

Tony Horwitz is the bestselling author of Midnight Rising, A Voyage Long and Strange, Blue Latitudes, Confederates in the Attic, and Baghdad Without a Map. He is also a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who has worked for The Wall Street Journal and The New Yorker. He lives in Martha's Vineyard with his wife, Geraldine Brooks, and their two sons.