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Genre/Form: | Biography History |
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Named Person: | John Brown; John Brown; John Brown; John O Brown |
Material Type: | Biography, Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
R Blakeslee Gilpin |
ISBN: | 9780807835012 0807835013 9781469613956 1469613956 |
OCLC Number: | 706677594 |
Description: | xiii, 279 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Contents: | Introduction : cause and consequence : John Brown in nineteenth-century America -- Some definite plan : the early life of John Brown -- The final arbiter : Bleeding Kansas and the creation of the old hero -- Not buried but planted : cultivating the legend of John Brown -- A saint in suspense : competing visions of John Brown -- Discrimination and destiny : John Brown and the NAACP -- The soul rests : Stephen Vincent Benét and the silencing of John Brown's body -- The fugitive imagination : a John Brown for the old South -- Revising Kansas : John Steuart Curry and the fanaticism of John Brown -- Together under arms : Jacob Lawrence paints Black history -- Epilogue. Climax and harbinger : a life as a common cause. |
Responsibility: | R. Blakeslee Gilpin. |
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"[Gilpin] illuminates how the memory of John Brown inspired white and black Americans. . . to understand the relationship between violence, equality, and social change."--"Journal of the North Carolina Association of Historians" Gilpin provides a compelling analysis of an important topic.--West Virginia History Gilpin's book shows . . . that John Brown remains a lightning rod in American culture, and the wildly divergent opinions of Brown are a testament to the power of history to define a man, his ideals, and his nation.--Kansas History Another fascinating study of how Americans have considered violence and change through their memories of one man and one event. . . . An excellent book.--Journal of Southern History Provides a refreshing reprieve from the typical biography by synthesizing a study of John Brown's legacy.--Louisiana History [A] fine study. . . . [that] examine[s] with equal sophistication the diverse forms in which Brown has become a vehicle for some of the most pressing ideological debates in American political culture.--Journal of American History [Gilpin] illuminates how the memory of John Brown inspired white and black Americans. . . to understand the relationship between violence, equality, and social change.--Journal of the North Carolina Association of Historians To read Gilpin's volume is to be overwhelmed by the unrelieved opportunism that, from every spot on the political spectrum, has found in John Brown the perfect vehicle for partisan gain.--Journal of American Studies Gilpin's book is an outstanding contribution to the growing body of work on historical memory.--American Historical Review [Gilpin's] analysis is pointed and pertinent. University students will especially profit from his resurrections of Brown.--Library Journal "[Gilpin's] analysis is pointed and pertinent. University students will especially profit from his resurrections of Brown."--"Library Journal" "Gilpin's book is an outstanding contribution to the growing body of work on historical memory."--"American Historical Review" "Gilpin provides a compelling analysis of an important topic."--"West Virginia History" "Gilpin's book shows . . . that John Brown remains a lightning rod in American culture, and the wildly divergent opinions of Brown are a testament to the power of history to define a man, his ideals, and his nation."--"Kansas History" "Another fascinating study of how Americans have considered violence and change through their memories of one man and one event. . . . An excellent book."--"Journal of Southern History" "[A] fine study. . . . [that] examine[s] with equal sophistication the diverse forms in which Brown has become a vehicle for some of the most pressing ideological debates in American political culture."--"Journal of American History" "To read Gilpin's volume is to be overwhelmed by the unrelieved opportunism that, from every spot on the political spectrum, has found in John Brown the perfect vehicle for partisan gain."--"Journal of American Studies" ""John Brown Lives!" deserves a place on that shelf of must-reads for professional and armchair readers alike who share a fascination with the long afterlife of the unquiet soul of America's most famous revolutionary."-"The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society" "John Brown has mesmerized and polarized Americans for 150 years, speaking in different tongues to black and white, North and South, left and right. Gilpin dissects both the man and the myth to show how clashing visions of race and reform have shaped memory of Brown in every era. Provocative and illuminating, this book should be read by anyone who cares about Brown, the legacy of slavery, and the use and abuse of history in America."-Tony Horwitz, author of "Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid that Sparked the Civil War" "Gilpin's study of John Brown in American memory is a genuine masterpiece. The depth of the interpretation, the comprehensiveness of the research, the intellectual breadth of the narrative, and the lucidity of the prose make this a most outstanding work. The author has contributed enormously not just to our understanding of John Brown and his racial cause, but he has also thrown exceptional light on the cultural, racial, and political climates that altered "the Old Hero's" image in America over the course of fast-changing times."--Bertram Wyatt-Brown, Richard J. Milbauer Emeritus Professor of History, University of Florida, and author of "The Shaping of Southern Culture: Honor, Grace, and War, 1760s-1880s" Read more...


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