To Purge This Land with Blood: Biography of John Brown
Nearly one hundred fifty years after his epochal Harpers Ferry raid to free the slaves, John Brown is still one of the most controversial figures in American history. In 1970, Stephen B. Oates wrote what has come to be recognized as the definitive biography of Brown, a balanced assessment that captures the man in all his complexity. The book is now back in print in an updated edition with a new prologue by the author.
Stephen B. Oates is Paul Murray Kendall Professor of Biography at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His most recent book is A Woman of Valor: Clara Barton and the Civil War. His other books include With Malice Toward None: The Life of Abraham Lincoln; Let the Trumpet Sound: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.; and Our Fiery Trial; Abraham Lincoln, John Brown, and the Civil War Era. He is the editor of Biography as High Adventure: Life Writers Speak on Their Art.
Author: Stephen B. Oates
Format: Paperback, 456 pages
Published: 1984, University of Massachusetts Press, United States
Genre: History: World & General
Nearly one hundred fifty years after his epochal Harpers Ferry raid to free the slaves, John Brown is still one of the most controversial figures in American history. In 1970, Stephen B. Oates wrote what has come to be recognized as the definitive biography of Brown, a balanced assessment that captures the man in all his complexity. The book is now back in print in an updated edition with a new prologue by the author.
Stephen B. Oates is Paul Murray Kendall Professor of Biography at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His most recent book is A Woman of Valor: Clara Barton and the Civil War. His other books include With Malice Toward None: The Life of Abraham Lincoln; Let the Trumpet Sound: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.; and Our Fiery Trial; Abraham Lincoln, John Brown, and the Civil War Era. He is the editor of Biography as High Adventure: Life Writers Speak on Their Art.