Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War

A New York Times Notable Book for 2011
A Library Journal Top Ten Best Books of 2011
A Boston Globe Best Nonfiction Book of 2011

Late on the night of October 16, 1859, John Brown launched a surprise raid on the slaveholding South. Leading a biracial band of militant idealists, he seized the massive armory at Harpers Ferry, freed and armed slaves, and vowed to liberate every bondsman in America.

Brown's daring strike sparked a savage street fight and a counterattack by U.S. Marines under Robert E. Lee. The bloodshed and court drama that followed also shocked a divided nation and propelled it toward civil war. Tony Horwitz's Midnight Rising brings Brown and his uprising vividly to life and charts America's descent into explosive conflict. The result is a taut and indispensable history of a man and a time that still resonate in our own.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 08/07/2012
ISBN: 9780312429263
Pages: 365
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 8.24h x 5.55w x 1.00d

Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 09/16/2012 pg. 28

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 151779 / Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War
Reading Level: 9.2 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 18