John Brown's Spy: The Adventurous Life and Tragic Confession of John E. Cook

by Steven Lubet

Book Overview

The first full investigation of John Brown's trusted co-conspirator and his betrayal of the doomed Harper's Ferry raiders

John Brown's Spy tells the nearly unknown story of John E. Cook, the person John Brown trusted most with the details of his plans to capture the Harper's Ferry armory in 1859. Cook was a poet, a marksman, a boaster, a dandy, a fighter, and a womanizer--as well as a spy. In a life of only thirty years, he...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300180497
• ISBN13: 9780300180497
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.6"