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JOHN BROWN'S RAID AT HARPER'S FERRY, WEST VIRGINIA: 1859. by a West Virginia Congressman who witnessed the fight (Alexander R. Boteler), by a prisoner taken during the fight (John. E. P. Dangerfield), by a radical abolitionist (F. B. Sanborn) who helped with fundraising. Published by Outbooks, Golden, Colorado, 1st edition, only printing, 1980, 2000 copies printed; out-of-print in 1997. The theme of this publisher (now VistaBooks) has been to present important episodes of American history with accounts that were produced near the time of the events, often by participants. Although the book title locates West Virginia, the present location of where the fight occurred, at the time of the fight the area was Virginia. It is important to note that Harpers Ferry was not the first attempt by Brown to bring his issue forward; that happened earlier in Kansas. Among those assisting on the side in his fundraising were Emerson and Thoreau. These accounts were first published in Century Magazine for 1883 and 1885. Illustrations came from those issues and also form Harpers Monthly (1857), Building the Nation (1882), and The Memorial Story of America (1892). Included is a map of the fight area, overviews of Harpers Ferry, and portraits of Brown. There is a foreword by Neal F. Randell, Park Interpreter, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. A special feature is the center-spread collage showing each of the 21 raid participants plus Brown--whether killed (9), escaped, captured, and executed or hung (7).

Conditon: Very Good, a copy from publisher's file that never circulated. Some slight smudging on back cover. In 2/24 we found no other copies available.
32 pages + paper covers, 6" x 9", drawings, maps, portraits.

ISBN: 0-89646-055-X. Lister's # VIST0055 paper$150.00.

 

 

 

 

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