New York: Henry Holt, (2011) dj. Hardcover first edition - Pulitzer prize winning author's highly praised account of "the daring insurrection that put America on the path to bloody war. Plotted in secret, launched in the dark, John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859 was a pivotal moment in U.S. history." Named to many best books of the year lists - including the NY Times, the Library Journal and more. Illustrated with photographs and maps. Extensive notes, index. 365 pp. Illustrated endpapers. ISBN: 978-0805091533.

New York: Harper & Row, (1970) dj. Hardcover first edition - A thorough and well-researched biography of one of the most influential and controversial figures in American history, the first full-scale biography and the first based on original research to appear in 60 years. Brown was profoundly religious man dedicated to the overthrow of slavery and Negro rights, a failure at many things but one who. in his doomed attempt to seize the armory at Harper's Ferry, became a martyr to the abolitionist cause. a man who shaped the course of history. Photographs, extensive notes, index. xii, 434 pp.

Columbia: University of South Carolina Press. (1988.) dj. Hardcover - Stories or vignettes about 10 Civil War battle sites, including Harper's Ferry, Roanoke Island, Mobile Bay, Petersburg and more, and reflections on the significance of these sites. Maps, photographs, index. 155 pp. ISBN: 0-87249-4772.