Title: Creating the John Brown legend
First published: 2009
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.
Subjects: Brown, john, 1800-1859, Public opinion, united states, Harpers ferry (w. va.), history, john brown's raid, 1859, Public opinion, Influence, History
LC classification: E451 .B39 2009