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Genre/Form: | History Biographies Autobiographies Biography |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Redpath, James, 1833-1891. Public life of Capt. John Brown. Boston, Thayer and Eldridge, 1860 (OCoLC)613855092 |
Named Person: | John Brown; John Brown |
Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
James Redpath; John Chester Buttre; Thayer and Eldridge,; Geo. C. Rand & Avery,; Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State University. Libraries) |
OCLC Number: | 426599 |
Notes: | Frontispiece signed: Engr. J.C. Buttre; illustrations signed: Raiche[l?]-Russell. |
Description: | 407 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portrait ; 19 cm |
Contents: | Book first : He keepeth the sheep. The child and his ancestors -- The father of the man -- The man -- Perkins and Brown, wool factors -- North Elba -- Book second : Goliath's challenge accepted. The Lord's first call -- The work begun -- "Southern rights to all" -- In caucus and camp -- Pottawattomie -- H. Clay Pate -- Battle of Black Jack -- The conquest of Kansas complete -- Battle of Osawatomie -- John Brown's defence of Lawrence -- Return to the east -- Speech to the Massachusetts legislature -- Book third : The sword of Gideon. Whetting the sword -- Some shadows before -- Fleshing the sword -- Exodus -- Assembling to conspire -- Making ready -- The blow struck -- Sword in hand -- Fallen among thieves -- Spoils of war -- The political inquisitors -- Lodged in jail -- Book fourth : Among the Philistines. The preliminary examination -- Judicial alacrity -- State evidence -- State evidence closed -- The defence -- Lawyers' pleas -- Condemned to die -- The conquering pen -- Forty days in chains -- Husband and wife -- The victory over death. |
Other Titles: | Public life of Captain John Brown Life of Captain John Brown |
Responsibility: | by James Redpath ; with an auto-biography of his childhood and youth. |
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