Title: John Brown's Body
First published: 1927
Description: *John Brown's Body* is an American epic poem written by Stephen Vincent Benét in 1928. The poem's title references the radical abolitionist John Brown, who raided the federal armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia in October 1859. Benét's poem covers the history of the American Civil War. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1929. It was written while Benét was living in Paris after receiving a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1926.
Subjects: History, Poetry, United States, Histoire, Poésie, In literature, Poesías, John Brown's Raid, Historia, Poesía, American Civil War (1861-1865), Bookbinding, Specimens, American poetry, Geology
Places: Harpers Ferry (W. Va.), United States
People: John Brown (1800-1859)
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865, John Brown's Raid, 1859