num_pages: 304
description: 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 ... the clash of arms was at hand." DuBois's biography brings Brown stirringly to life and is a neglected classic.
language: English
title: John Brown
titlecomplete: John Brown (Modern Library Classics)
genres: Civil War, Politics, Biography, Race, American History, Classics, African American, Nonfiction, History, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 558
publisher: Modern Library