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A John Brown reader /

Besides a selection of letters by the abolitionist himself, this original collection includes an excerpt from W.E.B. Du Bois's biography, John Brown, addresses by Frederick Douglass and Ralph Waldo Emerson and poetry by Louisa May Alcott.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Brown, John, 1800-1859 (Author), Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 (Author), Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Garden City, New York : Dover Publications, [2021]
Edition:Dover edition.
Series:Dover thrift editions.
Subjects:
Brown, John, > 1800-1859.
Brown, John, > 1800-1859 > Correspondence.
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. In his own words
  • Part 2. The literary heritage
  • Letter to the editor / Victor Hugo
  • With a rose / Louisa May Alcott
  • The portent / Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • The last days of John Brown / Henry David Thoreau
  • John Brown / Frederick Douglass
  • Osawatomie / Carl Sandburg
  • John Brown's prayer / Stephen Vincent Benet
  • Part 3. W.E.B. Du Bois on John Brown
  • The blow
  • The riddle of the Sphynx
  • The legacy of John Brown.