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TO PURGE THIS LAND WITH BLOOD: A Biography of John Brown.
Edition: First printing.
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.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (price of $10 on dj flap). Uncommon in the first edition, and especially so in this condition
Book ID: 88705More details Price: $60.00 -
TRAVELS TO HALLOWED GROUND: A Historian's Journey to the American Civil War.
Edition: 2nd printing.
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.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (prev owner's name), newspaper clippings laid in.
Book ID: 45737More details Price: $12.50