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Terrible swift sword [electronic resource] : the legacy of John Brown / edited by Peggy A. Russo and Paul Finkelman.

Contributor(s): Russo, Peggy A | Finkelman, Paul, 1949- | ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Athens : Ohio University Press, c2005Description: xxx, 228, [8] p. : ill.Subject(s): Brown, John, 1800-1859 | Brown, John, 1800-1859 -- Influence | Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography | Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Why Theodore Parker backed John Brown : the political and social roots of support for abolitionist violence / Dean Grodzins -- They heard his call / Hannah Geffert -- How Rev. Thomas W. Henry of the AME Church met John Brown / Jean Libby -- John Brown as founder : America's violent confrontation with its first principles / Scott John Hammond -- John Brown and the legacy of martyrdom / Eyal Naveh -- John Brown as "lawless fanatic" : a usable past for the postwar South / Charles J. Holden -- behavioral analysis of John Brown : martyr or terrorist? / James N. Gilbert -- psychological examination of John Brown / Kenneth R. Carroll -- Hero, martyr, madman : representations of John Brown in the poetry of the John Brown year, 1859-60 / William Keeney -- Beyond history : John Brown, raising holy hell, and posthistorical fiction / Bruce Olds -- John Brown's fort : a contested national symbol / Paul A. Shackel -- John Brown goes to Hollywood : Santa Fe Trail and Seven angry men / Peggy A. Russo.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why Theodore Parker backed John Brown : the political and social roots of support for abolitionist violence / Dean Grodzins -- They heard his call / the local Black community's involvement in the raid on Harpers Ferry / Hannah Geffert -- How Rev. Thomas W. Henry of the AME Church met John Brown / Jean Libby -- John Brown as founder : America's violent confrontation with its first principles / Scott John Hammond -- John Brown and the legacy of martyrdom / Eyal Naveh -- John Brown as "lawless fanatic" : a usable past for the postwar South / Charles J. Holden -- A behavioral analysis of John Brown : martyr or terrorist? / James N. Gilbert -- A psychological examination of John Brown / Kenneth R. Carroll -- Hero, martyr, madman : representations of John Brown in the poetry of the John Brown year, 1859-60 / William Keeney -- Beyond history : John Brown, raising holy hell, and posthistorical fiction / Bruce Olds -- John Brown's fort : a contested national symbol / Paul A. Shackel -- John Brown goes to Hollywood : Santa Fe Trail and Seven angry men / Peggy A. Russo.

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