Pub Date: March 17, 2009
Dewey: 973.7114
LCCN: 2008051939
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Bibliography, Index
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 0.80" H x 9.00" L x 6.20" W ( 1.00 lbs) 228 pages
BISAC Categories:
History | United States | Civil War Period 18501877 | Literary Criticism | American | General | Modern | 19th Century
Description:
This exceptional book sheds new light on how John Brown inspired America's most significant intellects, such as Whittier, Whitman, Melville, Howells, Emerson and Thoreau, to take a public stand against the inertia of moral compromise and social degeneracy, bringing the nation to the brink of civil war.