John Brown and the Era of Literary Confrontation

By Michael Stoneham

Book Overview

This exceptional book sheds new light on how John Brown inspired America's most significant intellects, such as Whittier, Whitman, Melville, Howells, Emerson and Thoreau, to take a public stand against the inertia of moral compromise and social degeneracy, bringing the nation to the brink of civil war.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415845513
• ISBN13: 9780415845519
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"