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John Brown: A Biography (American History Through Literature)
John Brown A Biography - American History Through Literature Author:W. E. B. Du Bois, John David Smith A moving cultural biography of abolitionist martyr John Brown, by one of the most important African-American intellectuals of the twentieth century. — In the history of slavery and its legacy, John Brown looms large as a hero whose deeds partly precipitated the Civil War. As Frederick Douglass wrote: "When John Brown stretched forth his arm ... t... more »he clash of arms was at hand." DuBois's biography brings Brown stirringly to life and is a neglected classic.« less