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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Terrible swift sword. Athens : Ohio University Press, c2005 (OCoLC)607833277 Online version: Terrible swift sword. Athens : Ohio University Press, c2005 (OCoLC)608098471 |
| Named Person: | John Brown; John Brown; John Brown, Politiker. |
| Material Type: | Biography, Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Peggy A Russo; Paul Finkelman |
| ISBN: | 0821416308 9780821416303 0821416316 9780821416310 |
| OCLC Number: | 57613511 |
| Description: | xxx, 228 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Why Theodore Parker backed John Brown : the political and social roots of support for abolitionist violence / Dean Grodzins -- They heard his call : the local Black community's involvement in the raid on Harpers Ferry / Hannah Geffert -- How Rev. Thomas W. Henry of the AME Church met John Brown / Jean Libby -- John Brown as founder : America's violent confrontation with its first principles / Scott John Hammond -- John Brown and the legacy of martyrdom / Eyal Naveh -- John Brown as "lawless fanatic" : a usable past for the postwar South / Charles J. Holden -- A behavioral analysis of John Brown : martyr or terrorist? / James N. Gilbert -- A psychological examination of John Brown / Kenneth R. Carroll -- Hero, martyr, madman : representations of John Brown in the poetry of the John Brown year, 1859/60 / William Keeney -- Beyond history : John Brown, raising holy hell, and posthistorical fiction / Bruce Olds -- John Brown's fort : a contested national symbol / Paul A. Shackel -- John Brown goes to Hollywood : Santa Fe Trail and Seven angry men / Peggy A. Russo. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Peggy A. Russo and Paul Finkelman. |
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Abstract:
"Through the prisms of history, literature, psychology, criminal justice, oral history, African American studies, political science, film studies, and anthropology, Terrible Swift Sword offers insights not only into John Brown's character and motives but also into the nature of a troubled society before, during, and after the Civil War. The contributors discuss reasons why some of Brown's contemporaries supported him, analyze Brown's behavior and his depiction in literature, and examine the iconography and mythology surrounding him from a post-9/11 perspective."--BOOK JACKET.
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