The Old Man: John Brown at Harper's Ferry

by Truman John Nelson

Book Overview

“Truman Nelson’s biography of John Brown is a refreshing and eloquent corrective to the common misconceptions about the character and actions of this extraordinary American hero.”—Howard ZinnOn... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0030010519
• ISBN13: 9780030010514
• Release Date: January 1973
• Publisher: Holt McDougal
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Zinn is right

John Brown, usually denounced as a "fanatic," a "madman," and a "terrorist," gets an honest and insightful treatment in this book--and it's a rippingly good yarn. Somehow a man who gave his life not only to end slavery, but for full equality between Blacks and whites, gets short-shrift whereas men such as Washington who took up the gun to defeat the British (and who was himself a slaveowner) are treated as national icons. I recommend this book.