{"product_id":"midnight-rising-john-brown-and-the-raid-that-sparked-the-civil-war","title":"Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eMidnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eTony Horwitz\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780805091533\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eHenry Holt and Co.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2011\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e384\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book for 2011\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/i\u003eTop Ten Best Books of 2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e Best Nonfiction Book of 2011\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBestselling author Tony Horwitz tells the electrifying tale of the daring insurrection that put America on the path to bloody war\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePlotted 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. Now, \u003ci\u003eMidnight Rising \u003c\/i\u003eportrays Brown's uprising in vivid color, revealing a country on the brink of explosive conflict. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrown, the descendant of New England Puritans, saw slavery as a sin against America's founding principles. Unlike most abolitionists, he was willing to take up arms, and in 1859 he prepared for battle at a hideout in Maryland, joined by his teenage daughter, three of his sons, and a guerrilla band that included former slaves and a dashing spy. On October 17, the raiders seized Harpers Ferry, stunning the nation and prompting a counterattack led by Robert E. Lee. After Brown's capture, his defiant eloquence galvanized the North and appalled the South, which considered Brown a terrorist. The raid also helped elect Abraham Lincoln, who later began to fulfill Brown's dream with the Emancipation Proclamation, a measure he called a John Brown raid, on a gigantic scale. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTony Horwitz's riveting book travels antebellum America to deliver both a taut historical drama and a telling portrait of a nation divided--a time that still resonates in ours.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Henry Holt and Co.","offers":[{"title":"Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War | Tony Horwitz | Hardcover | 9780805091533 | Used: Very Good | American History 1610279","offer_id":50680844583170,"sku":"1610279","price":26.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/81awk8IUx-L.jpg?v=1791389314","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/midnight-rising-john-brown-and-the-raid-that-sparked-the-civil-war","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}