Full name: To Purge This Land With Blood: A Biography of John Brown

Author: Stephen B. Oates Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Amazon Goodreads ISBNs: 9780870234583 0870234587

One hundred thirty-five 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. Similar books: Patriotic Treason by Evan Carton American Scoundrel by Thomas Keneally Seward by Walter Stahr John Brown by W. E. B. Du Bois John Brown, Abolitionist by David S. Reynolds Fierce Patriot by Robert L. O'Connell Henry Clay by David S. Heidler Frederick Douglass by David W. Blight Clouds of Glory by Michael Korda Henry Clay by Robert V. Remini Abraham Lincoln by Stephen B. Oates Midnight Rising by Tony Horwitz Alexander Hamilton by Richard Brookhiser Mary Todd Lincoln by Jean H. Baker "Wanted Dead or Alive" by Ann McGovern