Creating the John Brown legend
Subtitle: Emerson, Thoreau, Douglass, Child, and Higginson in defense of the raid on Harpers Ferry
By: Janet Kemper Beck ; foreword by Richard T. Gillespie.
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9780786433452
Subjects: Brown, John, -- 1800-1859 -- Public opinion; Brown, John, -- 1800-1859 -- Influence; Public opinion -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History -- John Brown's Raid, 1859 -- Public opinion
Description: "Early press reaction to John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry ranged from indignant horror in the South to stunned disbelief in the North. Brown's few supporters came from diverse perspectives and wielded great power with their pens: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Frederick Douglass, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, and Lydia Maria Child"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.