Fiery Vision: The Life and Death of John Brown

Fiery Vision: The Life and Death of John Brown
by Clinton Cox

Fiery Vision: The Life and Death of John Brown
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Author: Clinton Cox
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1997-04
ISBN: 0590475746
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Scholastic

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Book Review: American revolutionary: a man only slightly ahead of his time
Summary: 5 Stars

This book does an excellent job of tracing not only John Brown's travels through Harper's Ferry, but also the genesis of his abolitionism. Fanatic yes, but he was a fanatic on the right side of history.

Also, there's no indication that Mr. Brown was a horse thief or a megalomaniac, although he did declare bankruptcy and did desire to lead, with the approval of freed blacks, a provisional territory until slavery had been eliminated from the south.

Apologists for the Confederacy, like Steve Quick in his review of Penn's book on John Brown, should remember two words that destroy any moral argument they might muster in support of the antebellum South, and against the actions of John Brown, and later the Union. The first word, obviously, is "slavery." It is unjustifiable, and any attempts to do so are disgraceful. The second word is "Andersonville." The inhumane treatment Union soldiers received at the hands of the Confederates should never be forgotten.

Summary of Fiery Vision: The Life and Death of John Brown

The story of abolitionist John Brown describes his dream of eliminating slavery from America and recounts his 1859 insurrection at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, where he and his band turned violent for the cause.

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