John Brown ( Modern Library Classics (Paperback) )

Contributor(s): Du Bois, W E B (Author), Roediger, David R (Editor), Roediger, David R (Introduction by)

ISBN: 0679783539 EAN: 9780679783534

Publisher: Modern Library (View Publisher's Titles)

US SRP: $ 13.95 US

Binding: Paperback - Other Formats

Pub Date: July 10, 2001

Annotation: 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.