{"product_id":"midnight-rising-john-brown-raid-that-sparked-civil-war-9780312429263-new","title":"Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed A \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e Best Nonfiction Book \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBestselling author Tony Horwitz tells the electrifying tale of the daring insurrection that put America on the path to bloody war.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlotted in secret, launched in the dark, John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was a pivotal moment in U.S. history. But few Americans know the true story of the men and women who launched a desperate strike at the slaveholding South. Now, \u003ci\u003eMidnight Rising \u003c\/i\u003eportrays Brown's uprising in vivid color, revealing a country on the brink of explosive conflict. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrown, the descendant of New England Puritans, saw slavery as a sin against America's founding principles. Unlike most abolitionists, he was willing to take up arms, and in 1859 he prepared for battle at a hideout in Maryland, joined by his teenage daughter, three of his sons, and a guerrilla band that included former slaves and a dashing spy. On October 17, the raiders seized Harpers Ferry, stunning the nation and prompting a counterattack led by Robert E. Lee. After Brown's capture, his defiant eloquence galvanized the North and appalled the South, which considered Brown a terrorist. The raid also helped elect Abraham Lincoln, who later began to fulfill Brown's dream with the Emancipation Proclamation, a measure he called \"a John Brown raid, on a gigantic scale.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTony Horwitz's riveting book travels antebellum America to deliver both a taut historical drama and a telling portrait of a nation divided--a time that still resonates in ours.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PICADOR USA","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":67779917381922,"sku":"9780312429263-new","price":20.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780312429263.jpg?v=1794451320","url":"https:\/\/www.albakireads.com\/products\/midnight-rising-john-brown-raid-that-sparked-civil-war-9780312429263-new","provider":"AlbakiReads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}