num_pages: 448
description: One hundred thirty-five years after his epochal Harpers Ferry raid to free the slaves John Brown is still one of the most controversial figures in American history. In 1970 Stephen B. Oates wrote what has come to be recognized as the definitive biography of Brown a balanced assessment that captures the man in all his complexity. The book is now back in print in an updated edition with a new prologue by the author.
language: English
title: To Purge This Land with Blood: A Biography of John Brown
publisher: University of Massachusetts Press